In August, the ISKCON Temple in the Girgaon area of south Mumbai received a bomb threat email, which turned out to be a hoax after a thorough search of the premises. The temple administration on Thursday evening received an email on an official email ID, warning of a bomb blast. The police did not find anything suspicious during the search, and it was classified as a hoax.
In the same month, a 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly calling up the Mumbai police’s main control room and threatening about bomb blasts in the metropolis. Suraj Dharma Jadhav was held by Vakola police.
In July, Mumbai Police received a call threatening a bomb blast at Terminal 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) though a thorough check of the facility did not reveal anything suspicious. The call, which was received at the main control room of Mumbai police this afternoon, was classified as a hoax.
The control room of the railway police too received a call threatening a blast at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, though this too turned out to be a hoax after a round of intensive checking by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and canine squad.
