Mumbai: Man who made bomb hoax call held within 9 hrs

A man was arrested within 9 hours after he called the south control room of Mumbai Police and informed that bomb blasts will be carried out in the JJ Hospital, Bhendi Bazar and Nal Bazar areas.

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗶 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗯 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁

The police said the control room received the call at 1.35pm on Friday, with the caller claiming that 90kg of mephedrone and explosives have landed at Mumbai Port and that the latter will be used to carry out blasts at the three locations. A team was formed and police stations in these areas including JJ Marg, Yellowgate, Colaba, Marine Drive and DB Marg police stations were informed.

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘂

During the investigation, they identified the called as Nagpur resident Ashwin Bharat Mahiskar. The call was made from Dahanu railway station in Palghar district. As the threat call was received from Dahanu, the crime branch of Dahanu police was informed and they took Mahiskar into custody. He was then booked and arrested by the JJ Marg police. Mahiskar is a driver by profession and is currently unemployed.

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀

According to an officer, police teams searched all the ports and landing points, along with sensitive and crowded areas of south Mumbai after they received the threat call but they could not find anything suspicious.

Published on: Saturday, February 25, 2023, 04:40 PM IST