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Mumbai Police Probe WhatsApp Threat Claiming 34 'Human Bomb' Vehicles Ahead of Anant Chaturdashi

Investigators are tracing the sender through a multi-agency case after a threat timed to visarjan.

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The Mumbai traffic police reportedly received threat message warning that 34 'human bombs' have been planted in 34 vehicles across the city
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File photo: Heavy police deployment outside the CSMT in Mumbai

Overview

  • The message to the traffic police’s official WhatsApp claimed 34 vehicles carried human bombs, referenced 400 kg of RDX and alleged 14 Pakistani terrorists had entered India under the name ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi’.
  • Police placed the city on high alert with intensified checks at immersion routes, key junctions and crowded locations as Anant Chaturdashi processions approach.
  • The Crime Branch opened an investigation, the Anti-Terrorism Squad was alerted and technical teams began tracing the origin of the WhatsApp number.
  • A case was registered at Worli police station under Section 351 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita with related subsections against an unidentified person.
  • Senior officials said the threat appears to be a hoax, yet security protocols and combing operations are underway, recalling recent false alarms including an arrest over a hoax call in Thane.