Mumbai five-star hotel gets hoax bomb threat, cops launch probe

According to the officials, threat call was made at the Andheri East based hotel on Monday evening and the caller mentioned that bombs were planted at four place in the hotel, he also demanded Rs. 5 crore to defuse them

The Mumbai Police have launched investigations into a bomb threat call made to a five-star hotel in suburban Mumbai. Hotel Lalit had received a threat call from an unidentified caller, police sources said on Tuesday. Mumbai has been on high alert after recently an abandoned yacht with weapons were found near Raigad. The primary investigations in the matter had revealed that there was no terror link in the matter.

According to the officials, threat call was made at the Andheri East based Hotel Lalit in Sahar area on Monday evening and the caller mentioned that bombs were planted at four places in the hotel. He also demanded Rs. 5 crore to defuse them. A team of police officials reached the spot but searches led to terming the call as a hoax as nothing was found in the hotel. 

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"The officials at Sahar Police have been investigating the matter and an FIR under sections 336, 385 and 507 of IPC have been registered," an official said.

mid-day.com has reached out to Hotel Lalit via email for a comment on the matter. The story will be updated if and when they respond.

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