The vehicle with gelatin sticks and apparently a fake number plate was found parked on Thursday evening on Carmichael Road outside Antilia.
Security beefed up outside Antilia at Altamount road in South Mumbai. Pic/Bipin Kokate.
More fake number plates have been found from the vehicle, which had explosive material inside it, and was seized outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia in South Mumbai.
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The vehicle with gelatin sticks and apparently a fake number plate was found parked on Thursday evening on Carmichael Road outside Antilia, the multi-storey residence of Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries.
Here are the details of the number plates found in the car.
1) MH 01 BU 6510
The vehicle number is registered in Central Mumbai RTO in the name of an important person's company. The vehicle is 6 years old and is not a green Scorpio, but a white Scorpio as mentioned in the RTO registration details.
2) MH 01 CZ 7239
The vehicle number is registered in Central Mumbai RTO in the name of Nishant Surve. The vehicle is not a green Scorpio, but a white Jaguar Range Rover.
3) MH 01 DK 9945
The vehicle is registered in Central Mumbai RTO in the name of an important person's company. The vehicle is one year old and is not a green Scorpio vehicle, but a white Range Rover.
4) MH 04 DN 9945
The vehicle number appears to be from Thane RTO, but it was found to be registered with Mumbai East RTO and the vehicle is mentioned as ‘Columbia Embassy, foreign vehicle’. The vehicle is 12 years old and is registered as a white Hyundai Verna in the name of Lucky D. The registration details mention that the vehicle is from Mulund.
Meanwhile, an FIR has been registered in connection with the seizure of the vehicle. The FIR has been registered at the Gamdevi Police Station against unidentified persons, a Mumbai Police spokesperson said.
Police have registered the case under Indian Penal Code sections 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance), 465 (punishment for forgery), 473 (making or possessing counterfeit seal), 506(2) (criminal intimidation, if threat be to cause death or grievous hurt), 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), the spokesperson said.
Section four of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, (punishment for attempt to cause explosion, or for making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property) has also been included in the FIR, the official said, adding that the vehicle has been seized.
The registration number on the vehicle's number plate was the same as that of an SUV in Ambani's security detail, police had said.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had tweeted, "Twenty gelatin explosives sticks were found in a Scorpio van in the vicinity of industrialist Mukesh Ambani''s residence in Mumbai. The Mumbai Crime Branch police are investigating the matter and the findings will be out soon."
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