A website dedicated to facts about Hinduism, run by man from Pune in Maharashtra, has received a comment from a person issuing threats about a bomb blast in India and to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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A website dedicated to facts about Hinduism, run by man from Pune in Maharashtra, has received a comment from a person issuing threats about a bomb blast in India and to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PTI reported on on Wednesday quoting police officials.
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A case has been registered at Alankar police station here under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code against the person, M A Mokheem, who allegedly posted the comment on the website on August 6, they said, adding a probe was on into the case, the report said.
Pune district resident Rahul Dudhane runs the website pertaining to facts about Hinduism, the police said.
On August 6, Dudhane went to a private hospital here for his son's treatment, a police official said.
According to the official, while checking his website, Dudhane came across a comment on it by M A Mokheem that said: "I will plan serious bomb blast in India. I will be funding terrorist organizations....I will destroy the Hindu religion. I will kill Narendra Modi also".
Dudhane then called the police control room and informed them about the comment.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Suhail Sharma (Zone III) said it was an open comment on the website.
"We have already registered a case and we are investigating. The IP address looks to be from out of India and we are looking into it," he said.
On Sunday, August 6, Mumbai police arrested a man from the Juhu area who had made a threat call at the Mumbai Police Control Room.
"The 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 alcohol,” said the Mumbai police.
The 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 police.
However, when the police official sought more information on it, the caller did not respond.
"Police 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 police.
Considering the gravity of the situation, the police alerted the officials. (Agencies)
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