Overview
- A dust-written warning on a parked WagonR outside Sanjay Raut’s Maitri bungalow on Dec. 31 mentioned a “12 baje bomb blast,” prompting an immediate alert by supporters.
- Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad personnel and Mumbai Police searched the house and surrounding area but reported no suspicious material.
- Police seized the vehicle, with a case being registered and CCTV footage under review to identify the owner and whoever wrote the message.
- A later account reported an additional scrawl referencing a blast at CST, which investigators said they are examining.
- The incident follows recent hoax bomb emails to courts and banks in Mumbai on Dec. 18 that led to sweeps without any explosives and have raised concerns about a repeat hoaxer.