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Mumbai Police traffic control receives 26/11-like threat message

The Mumbai Police is handling the case and investigating the same. Besides, other Intelligence and Central agencies have been also included in the case investigation.

New Delhi: On Saturday, the Mumbai Police traffic control received a 26/11-like threat. According to the sources, the threat message was received on Whatsapp by the Mumbai traffic Control department from a Pakistan number. Reportedly, the threat came after two days after a boat carrying arms and explosives was seized in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. Notably, the ATS and central agencies have, till now, ruled out the possibility of a terror angle in connection with the yacht.

A leading news portal, Republic TV stated that the message sent to Mumbai Police read, “here is going to be an attack on Mumbai and it will remind you of the 26/11 attack. If the police try to trace my number, the location will reflect out of India. 6 people will be executing this blast, and Mumbai city will be exploded. What if Osama bin Laden, Ajmal Kasab or Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed, there are many more.”

The Mumbai Police is handling the case and investigating the same. Besides, other Intelligence and Central agencies have been also included in the case investigation.

Boat found with AK-47s, ammos seized in Raigad

On Thursday, two suspicious boats were seized in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. One boat was found at Harihareshwar beach in which 3 AK-47 rifles with ammunition and explosives were found in a custom-made Neptune Maritime Security box. Moreover, the second boat was found near the Bharan Khol Kinara, where a life jacket and some documents were found.

The local police reported that no one was present in the boat when it was spotted. Later, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) came into action and pulled the vessel away from the Raigad coast for further investigation.

ATS Chief Vineet Agrawal said, “A boat with three AK-47 rifles was seized off Raigad coast today. The investigation is underway. We’ve retrieved some papers from the boat, more things are lying inside the boat. We are trying to pull the boat away from the sea.”

Following the recovery of the yacht carrying arms and ammunition including AK-47 rifles, security was tightened in the Raigad region of Maharashtra. Besides, the name of the vessel is Lady Han, and is owned by an Australian woman named Hana Lordorgan. Her husband, James Hobert was the captain of the vessel which was travelling from Muscat to Europe in June. With the yacht being sailed from Dubai, a distress call was raised on June 26, after a day a Korean vessel rescued the crew.