Chennai, 28 Oct

The Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday said emails claiming that bombs have been planted at the residences of actors Rajinikanth and Dhanush here were received by the state Director General of Police.

According to Teynampet police, under whose jurisdiction the actors' homes fall, the first bomb-threat mail to Rajnikanth's house was received at about 8.30 am on 27 October.

"When we reached out, we were told that they do not require the assistance of a bomb squad," said an official.

A second threat mail was received at 6.30 pm on the same day and Rajnikanth's team again declined a security inspection.

Actor Dhanush also received a bomb-threat mail on the sameday. "He, too, refused our assistance," added the police official.

Several prominent individuals have received similar threat emails in recent weeks.

"The Cyber Crime police are tracing those emails, but are yet to make an underway," said the official.