23 June,2023 02:10 PM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
Representative image/iStock
Oshiwara cops have arrested a 22-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly sending a hoax bomb scare via WhatsApp to Mumbai Police control room and demanding rupees two lakh. The message was received on June 22.
Around 10 to 10.20 am in the morning, the Mumbai Police control room received a message via WhatsApp mentioning âThere will be blast on 24th June 6pm in Andheri-Kurla area. I have received rupees two crore for the blast. I will need Rs 2 lakh to reveal the information about the blast. We will be leaving for Malaysia tonight at 10pm'.
Subsequently an offence was registered at Amboli police station for threatening.
Different teams were formed to track the sender of the message.
ALSO READ
Thane court sentences two men to 7 years RI in 2015 attempt to murder case
Atrocities case: IRS officer Sameer Wankhede moves HC seeking independent probe
When I hear Indian music, I automatically start moving: Vietnam dancer MT Pop
Two teens drown in lake in Thane district, friend missing
Teen stabs man to death at railway station in Mumbai after quarrel over local train seat
A team comprising officials of Oshiwara police station tracked the sender in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh and nabbed Darvesh Rajbhar (22).
"We have arrested to message sender," the police official said.
