Bengaluru: A frightened cab driver lodged a complaint with the Ashoknagar police of the city, informing them that an unidentified person had called him and offered a large sum of money to place a bomb in a church.

According to the Ashokanagar police, the cab driver, Lingaraju (full details withheld due to security reasons) rushed to the station on Friday, April 26, and informed that he had received a call from an unknown number that morning when he was driving his cab. “The caller asked me to send my bank details for the transfer of a large amount. In return for the money, he asked me to place a bomb in any church,” he said.

The police have registered a case in this regard and have launched an investigation.