Shivamogga: A person has been detained by the police for allegedly sending a hoax bomb message on Whatsapp here on Wednesday.

Manjunath T O(28) from Kallahalli in Vinobnagar in Shivamogga city, is the arrested, who works as a medical representative with a Mangaluru-based private firm.

It is said that he sent a WhatsApp message, “Five bombs have been placed in Shivamogga bus terminal. Police have detected two and one has been arrested in this regard. The remaining three bombs will explode on September 23 at 7 am.” The message was shared among various WhatsApp groups.

The police were alerted and they found that it was hoax message. It is said that he had received the message from his colleague in Mangaluru. In the original message, the location was Mangaluru. But in order to create panic, the accused allegedly changed the place name to Shivamogga and sent the modified message on WhatsApp. He has been remanded to judicial custody, police added.