Buxar (Bihar), Apr 11 (PTI) A person was arrested in Bihar’s Buxar district for sending a message to a international intelligence company’s web site, claiming that he might compromise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s safety in change for cash, police stated.

The accused, recognized as Amal Kumar Tiwari of Simri locality, was apprehended on Thursday evening. Police seized a laptop computer, cell phones and different digital proof from his premises.

“Police obtained data that Tiwari posted a message on the web site of the USA-based intelligence company. He demanded cash in change for compromising the safety of the Indian PM,” the Buxar police stated in an announcement on Friday.

It was discovered that in his seized cell phone, a number of digital non-public networks (VPNs) and a few apps have been put in, which have been used to entry the darkish net, it stated.

A VPN is a device that creates an encrypted, non-public tunnel for one’s web site visitors over public networks, offering enhanced privateness, whereas the darkish net is part of the web that’s not listed by serps and requires particular software program to entry.

The police assertion stated that pretend id paperwork have been additionally recovered from his premises, which have been getting used for cybercrimes.

“Throughout interrogation, the accused confessed his involvement within the incident. It was additionally revealed that earlier he had been concerned in a case of threatening to hack Kolkata airport’s web site,” the assertion stated.

Tiwari is being interrogated by the police and central businesses. 

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