Overview

• Mumbai Crime Branch arrested Ashwin Kumar Supra, 50, in Noida and is transporting him to Mumbai after seizing the phone and SIM used to send the threat.
• The message to the traffic police’s WhatsApp claimed 34 vehicles carried “human bombs,” cited 400 kg of RDX, and invoked a group calling itself ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi,’ alleging 14 Pakistani terrorists had entered India.
• An FIR has been registered at Worli police station under Section 351 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita with related sub-sections, and a technical probe is underway.
• Police say preliminary assessment points to a hoax, yet multi-agency teams including the Crime Branch and ATS are investigating all angles.
• According to the FIR account reported by officials, the accused allegedly sent the message to frame a friend, as festival security remains tightened with over 21,000 personnel deployed for Ganesh Visarjan.