Heavy police forces deployed in Madurai after bomb threats received

Heavy police force have been deployed in various places after the District Collector in Madurai in Tamil Nadu received threats through e-mail that bombs would explode at five places in the district, police said on Saturday.

Searches were being conducted at important places with the help of the bomb squad experts, they said. So far nothing had been found but the search at important places would continue, they said. 

Further details are awaited.