Noida Police have arrested the man who threatened to bomb Mumbai on Anant Chaturdashi. The accused, identified as Ashwini, hails from Bihar and has been living in Noida for the last five years.
The accused
was caught in Sector-113 in Noida and handed over to the Mumbai Police. The accused sent a threat on Mumbai Police’s official WhatsApp number on Thursday, claiming that multiple bombs in vehicles were planted across the city and warning of a large-scale attack involving 400 kg of RDX, which would kill one crore people.
The caller claimed to be a member of a Pakistan-based jihadi group and also alleged that 14 terrorists had entered the city.
A probe was launched into the matter, and the police have also recovered a mobile phone from him. The man reportedly described himself as an astrologer at first. However, the police are still investigating the matter.
“In the threat, a claim has been made that 34 ‘human bombs’ have been planted in 34 vehicles across the city, and that blasts will shake entire Mumbai. The organisation, claiming to be ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi’, says that 14 Pakistani terrorists have entered India. The threat message further states that 400 kgs of RDX will be used in the blast,” the police had said earlier.
“Mumbai Police is alert, and security across the state has been enhanced. All angles of the threat are being investigated,” they had said.
The threat was issued during the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi celebration in Mumbai. Today marks the last day of the festival, that will conclude with Ganesh Visarjan.
