Mumbai: Security was tightened in Mumbai on Saturday after the site visitors police management room obtained a textual content message threatening a 26/11-like assault. The site visitors management division of Mumbai police obtained messages on its WhatsApp quantity on Friday evening from a quantity with Pakistan’s nation code. Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar mentioned that different safety businesses have additionally been knowledgeable about it.

The textual content messages have been obtained on the WhatsApp variety of the Mumbai police’s site visitors helpline, which is operated from the management room situated at Worli in central Mumbai round 11 pm on Friday. One of the messages talked about reviving recollections of the assaults on November 26, 2008 by which the Pakistan terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out strikes throughout Mumbai. The message additionally mentioned that six folks will execute the assault.

Another WhastApp message additionally threatened that there might be an incident just like the beheading of a tailor in Udaipur in June this yr.

“I can assure all Mumbai residents that the matter is being taken seriously and we will get to the bottom of the case,” the police commissioner mentioned.

The menace messages got here shut on the heels of an deserted boat that was discovered close to Harihareshwar Beach in Raigad on Thursday.

Deputy chief minister and state residence minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned, “We have taken the case of the threat message very seriously. All concerned agencies have been informed.”

According to police, the sender said within the WhatsApp messages that he’s from Pakistan and an assault will likely be carried out in Mumbai. He additionally mentioned that there are a number of individuals in India who’re serving to him to hold out the assault and shared some cellular numbers.

 “Initial investigations have revealed that the message came from a number in Pakistan. We have also received information about some phone numbers in India,” Mr Phansalkar mentioned.

Mumbai police’s crime department and Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad are additionally investigating the case. According to experiences, a person has been detained in reference to the menace messages and is being interrogated by against the law department crew.

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Opposition chief within the legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar mentioned the messages obtained by the Mumbai police ought to be taken critically and that Central businesses must look into the matter. He added that the state police division is a really in a position drive in such conditions.

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