New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- A 22-year-old web developer was arrested by the Delhi Police's crime branch on Monday for allegedly sending fake threat emails to the commissioners of police in Delhi and Bengaluru, as well as to institutions in Rajasthan.

Police said the accused, Abhay Kumar, was angry with his woman friend's partner and wanted to settle personal scores with him. To do so, he allegedly began sending threatening emails using that man's name.

Abhay, who hails from Ranchi and works as a freelance web developer in Saket, had allegedly sent threats to the official email IDs of the Delhi and Bengaluru police chiefs. Before this, police said, he had also sent emails containing terror and bomb threats to other institutions.

On Sunday, th...