Mumbai Police receive threat call about ‘bombing’ on local train, caller held

The Mumbai police on Sunday arrested a man from the Juhu area who had made a threat call at the Mumbai Police Control Room earlier todayThe man who had placed a threat call at Mumbai Police control room arrested from Juhu area by Juhu Police A case was registered against him He had placed the call under the influence of alcoholrdquo said the Mumbai policeThe Mumbai police control room on Sunday morning had received a threat over the phone from an unidentified caller The caller claimed the possibility of a serial blast in a local train according to the policeHowever when the police official sought more information on it the caller did not respondPolice control room received a threat call from a man The caller told Police that serial blasts will take place on a local train in Mumbai The caller claimed to be speaking from the Vile Parle area and then switched off his phone said the Mumbai policeConsidering the gravity of the situation the police alerted the officialsEarlier on Saturday a hoax bomb threat was received by the Mumbai Police from an unidentified caller claiming the possibility of a blast or untoward incident at Mumbai and Delhi Domestic and International Airports officials saidAccording to the police an official of a police station in another state informed Mumbai Police Control Room regarding the claims of an unidentified caller stating the possibility of a bomb blastAlso readBMC asks Coastal Road team to install water pumps to avoid floodingOn July 18 Mumbai police received a second threat call in two days about a bomb planted in the cityOn Tuesday afternoon the main control room of Mumbai police received a call about a bomb planted in Mumbai an official saidA First Information Report FIR was registered against unidentified persons regarding a message received last week warning of a terror attack in the city if Pakistani woman Seema Haider did not return to her countryOn Monday police had received a similar call from a number which was traced to suburban Ghatkopar The man who allegedly made the call was found to be mentally unstable officials saidEarlier the city traffic control room had received threatening messages on the traffic helpline WhatsApp numberThere were seven messages in Urdu warning Mumbai police of an incident in the city like the November 26 2008 2611 terror attack if Pakistani national Seema Haider was not sent back to her countryA 30yearold Pakistani citizen Seema Haider had entered India illegally in May to marry her lover Sachin Meena a resident of Greater Noida The two had become friends while playing online game PUBGAn FIR was registered in this case under section 506 2 criminal intimidation by threatening to cause death or grievous hurt of the Indian Penal Code at Worli police station With inputs from ANI