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An Indian student who allegedly emailed a hoax bomb threat to university officials has landed himself in jail, police said Thursday.
Rajesh Manyar, a graduate student at Purdue University in Indiana, was arrested Wednesday and charged with false informing for allegedly sending an email in which he threatened to detonate a nuclear device on campus.
The 23-year-old allegedly used another student's account to send the message to the office of the vice president for student services, but university technicians working with police were able to trace it back to Manyar, Purdue spokesman Brian Zink said.
The student, a research assistant in the university's department of chemistry, confessed that he was the author last week.
The felony charge carries a maximum three-year prison term and a fine of up to 10,000 dollars, according to Purdue police. "At this point, we have no reason to believe the student had the means to build such a bomb, but all threats are treated seriously and are vigorously investigated," said Ron Fosnaugh, a captain in Purdue University police department.
Manyar, who hails from India, is one of 5,000 overseas students at the Midwestern university in West Lafayette, in northwestern Indiana.
Rajesh Manyar, a graduate student at Purdue University in Indiana, was arrested Wednesday and charged with false informing for allegedly sending an email in which he threatened to detonate a nuclear device on campus.
The 23-year-old allegedly used another student's account to send the message to the office of the vice president for student services, but university technicians working with police were able to trace it back to Manyar, Purdue spokesman Brian Zink said.
The student, a research assistant in the university's department of chemistry, confessed that he was the author last week.
The felony charge carries a maximum three-year prison term and a fine of up to 10,000 dollars, according to Purdue police. "At this point, we have no reason to believe the student had the means to build such a bomb, but all threats are treated seriously and are vigorously investigated," said Ron Fosnaugh, a captain in Purdue University police department.
Manyar, who hails from India, is one of 5,000 overseas students at the Midwestern university in West Lafayette, in northwestern Indiana.