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.
๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐๐
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.
๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐
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.
๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐
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.
