A bomb hoax at Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow and three railway stations by an unidentified caller caused a scare in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Mumbai Police Control Room received a phone call last night, threatening that bombs have been placed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Dadar, and Byculla railway stations and the residence of actor Amitabh Bachchan.
In this connection, three people have been detained by the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch.
The hoax caller mentioned threats to four different locations across Mumbai.
Three people have been detained by the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch in this connection
The three detained persons are being questioned an effort was on to trace the location and identity of the caller.
Mumbai Police and Railway police, and bomb squad conducted searches in and around all four locations, but no suspicious object was found.
“In the probe, it was found to be a hoax call,” added the statement.
“Teams of the Government Railway Police, Railway Protection Force, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad, dog squads and local police personnel rushed to these locations and carried out searches,” the police said.
Officials of the Anti-Terrorism Squad and Quick Response Team were also involved in the searches, the official added.
The police traced the caller from the mobile number to Shil Phata area in Thane. The caller, a truck driver from the Marathwada region and two other men, his drinking buddies, were arrested. It is suspected that they were drinking together when they made the hoax call.
A First Information Report was registered at the Azad Maidan police station under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Further investigation is going on, said the official.