Mumbai: Security tightened at Mukesh Ambani's house after taxi-driver alerts cops

High security outside Antilia at Altamount Road on February 26. Pic/Ashish Raje

The police on Monday beefed up security outside Antilia, Mukesh Ambani's residence, after a taxi driver informed them that two suspicious-looking men, travelling in a private cab, were asking for details of the building. They have set up nakabandis across the city.

According to police sources, the taxi driver had noted down the license plate number of the private cab, but it doesn't exist. Hence, all police stations have been alerted for nakabandi across the city.

Sources said the taxi driver called the control room around 1 pm on Monday and said that the driver of a grey private cab and his passenger were asking for the route to Ambani's residence on Altamount Road. He encountered the duo opposite Killa court.

Since Antilia was in the news earlier this year after a bomb-laden SUV was found nearby, the driver got alarmed and immediately informed the police, they added.

The taxi driver told police that many people ask for location details, but these men and their body language looked suspicious, sources said.

"The taxi driver got suspicious and he informed the control room as well as the local police, we are investigating his claims," a senior IPS officer told mid-day.

"We checked the private cab's number with the Regional Transport Office (RTO) database, but it doesn't exist. We are trying to corroborate the number with the CCTV camera footage," the officer added.

Antilia was in news earlier this year after a bomb-laden SUV was found nearby

Police have expanded the area for the examination of CCTV camera footage, as three grey cars were seen passing by the Killa court and their licence plates were not clearly visible.

According to the taxi driver's statement, the men were wearing black jeans and T-shirts, and the passenger had long hair.

Mumbai police are working on a sketch with the help of the description given by the taxi driver. They have also informed Ambani's security, who are also taking necessary precautions.