Mumbai police on Sunday arrested the man who made the call claiming serial blasts would take place in a local train in the city. The call was received by the Mumbai control room this morning from Juhu’s Vile Parle area.
“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,” police said in a statement.
As per a senior official, the caller claimed that he has planted bombs in local trains.
Police traced the location of the caller and confirmed that the call came from Juhu’s Vile Parle area.
Later, the caller was also traced and arrested from Juhu. He was identified as Ashok Shankar Mukhiya, a resident of Bihar.
The investigation is on to ascertain the validity of his threat.
The concerned police station has been instructed to be vigilant about the security arrangements.
This came a day after a hoax bomb threat was received by the Mumbai Police from an unidentified caller claiming the possibility of a blast or untoward incident at Mumbai and Delhi Domestic and International Airports.
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