Three detained by Mumbai Police for sending '11 bombs in Mumbai' mail to RBI
The three people were caught from Vadodara in Gujarat
- Dec 27, 2023,
- Updated Dec 27, 2023 3:21 PM IST
Mumbai Crime Branch on Wednesday detained three people for sending threat mail to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) demanding resignation of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
The three people were caught from Vadodara in Gujarat. One person has been identified as Adil Rafig, while another is his relative and the other person is his friend.
The RBI on Tuesday received a threat mail saying 11 bombs have been planted at 11 locations in Mumbai.
A threat mail sent to the Reserve Bank about 11 bomb blasts in Mumbai on Tuesday sent police into a tizzy, but no suspicious object was found at these locations, including the RBI central office building and two other banks. The e-mail was sent from the id khilafat.india@gmail.com on the RBI governor’s email id at around 10:50 am threatening bomb blasts at the RBI new Central Office building, Fort, HDFC House in Churchgate, and ICICI Bank Tower in Bandra-Kurla Complex at 1:30 pm, a police official said.
Threatening execution of blasts, the sender demanded that Sitharaman and Das resign from their posts immediately and release a full statement about the disclosure of the “banking scam”, as per the FIR.
“11 bombs are planted at different locations in Mumbai and explosions will take place at 1.30 pm at the RBI new Central Office building, Fort, HDFC House in Churchgate, and ICICI Bank Tower in Bandra-Kurla Complex. All the 11 bombs will blast one by one (sic),” it said.
Police conducted searches at all the locations mentioned in the e-mail with Bomb Detection and Disposal (BDDS) personnel, but nothing suspicious was found at these spots, the official had said.
He had said a case has been registered against an unidentified person on the complaint of the RBI head guard under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including 505-1 b (Making or circulating a false alarm or warning as to disaster or its severity or magnitude, leading to panic), 502-2 (Statements conducting public mischief) and 506- 2 (Criminal intimidation).
Mumbai Crime Branch on Wednesday detained three people for sending threat mail to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) demanding resignation of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
The three people were caught from Vadodara in Gujarat. One person has been identified as Adil Rafig, while another is his relative and the other person is his friend.
The RBI on Tuesday received a threat mail saying 11 bombs have been planted at 11 locations in Mumbai.
A threat mail sent to the Reserve Bank about 11 bomb blasts in Mumbai on Tuesday sent police into a tizzy, but no suspicious object was found at these locations, including the RBI central office building and two other banks. The e-mail was sent from the id khilafat.india@gmail.com on the RBI governor’s email id at around 10:50 am threatening bomb blasts at the RBI new Central Office building, Fort, HDFC House in Churchgate, and ICICI Bank Tower in Bandra-Kurla Complex at 1:30 pm, a police official said.
Threatening execution of blasts, the sender demanded that Sitharaman and Das resign from their posts immediately and release a full statement about the disclosure of the “banking scam”, as per the FIR.
“11 bombs are planted at different locations in Mumbai and explosions will take place at 1.30 pm at the RBI new Central Office building, Fort, HDFC House in Churchgate, and ICICI Bank Tower in Bandra-Kurla Complex. All the 11 bombs will blast one by one (sic),” it said.
Police conducted searches at all the locations mentioned in the e-mail with Bomb Detection and Disposal (BDDS) personnel, but nothing suspicious was found at these spots, the official had said.
He had said a case has been registered against an unidentified person on the complaint of the RBI head guard under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including 505-1 b (Making or circulating a false alarm or warning as to disaster or its severity or magnitude, leading to panic), 502-2 (Statements conducting public mischief) and 506- 2 (Criminal intimidation).