The message was despatched to the Mumbai site visitors police's WhatsApp helpline on Thursday, when the pressure was busy with safety preparations for Anant Chaturdashi, the concluding day of the Ganesh pageant. Lakhs of devotees are anticipated to take to the streets for idol immersions on Saturday.
Within the message, the sender claimed that “14 terrorists had entered town with human bombs and 400 kgs of RDX and planted it in 34 automobiles to explode town.” He additionally talked about the identify of an organisation known as ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi'.
“This is similar site visitors police WhatsApp helpline on which police had obtained menace messages previously, which later turned out to be hoaxes. The Crime Department has launched an investigation, and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and different companies have additionally been knowledgeable,” an official had informed PTI on Friday.
Police registered a case at Worli police station beneath part 351 (felony intimidation) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sub sections 2, 3 and 4. The crime department traced the cell quantity used to ship the message to Gautam Buddha Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. A group then travelled to Noida and arrested the accused, recognized as Ashwinikumar Supra, from his Sector 79 residence inside 24 hours.
He's being delivered to Mumbai and can be produced earlier than a courtroom later within the day. “The motive behind the hoax menace is but to be ascertained,” an official stated. Police officers burdened there may be “no have to panic,” however added that safety has been tightened at key places and brushing operations are underway. “Mumbaikars are urged to not consider in rumours. They need to report any suspicious exercise,” one other official stated.
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