MUMBAI: Authorities in Mumbai were placed on high alert on Thursday morning after an email threatened bomb blasts at multiple locations across the city, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, the mayor’s office, megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s Juhu bungalow ‘Jalsa’ and a Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch, an official said.The email was sent at 10.52 am from an account identified as reduak079@gmail.com and addressed to the Zonal Office of PNB Mumbai, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) at Cuffe Parade and the bank’s Zaveri Bazar branch in south Mumbai.Its subject line mentioned a bomb blast at a PNB branch in Mumbai at 1.11 pm. It also referred to dates including November 27 and December 31 and contained threats of attacks at several locations, including Mumbai banks, the airport, Mahalaxmi Stadium, Bachchan’s ‘Jalsa’ bungalow and the mayor’s office.The email also made references to Khalistan and a purported organisation named ‘Khalistan National Army’, the official said.The authenticity of the threats and the identity of the sender were not immediately known.
Similar threat email received last month
The latest threat comes weeks after an email sent to Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on October 23 threatened bomb blasts at her office, Bachchan’s residence and the venue of singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert at Mahalaxmi Racecourse on November 27.The email, which was also marked to deputy mayor Sanjay Ghadi, warned of a grenade attack on a school on October 31 and threatened to target Bachchan’s Juhu residence between October 31 and November 27. It also referred to Khalistan.Following that threat, a thorough search was conducted at the mayor’s office at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters, but nothing suspicious was found, an official had said.Security and surveillance were also stepped up at the mayor’s office, Mahalaxmi Racecourse, prominent educational institutions and other locations mentioned in the email.
Bachchan had greeted fans from behind bulletproof glass
The fresh threat also comes against the backdrop of heightened attention around security at Bachchan’s Juhu residence. The actor had recently greeted fans from behind a bulletproof glass screen during his customary Sunday appearance outside ‘Jalsa’.The move had drawn questions from state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant, who asked whether a gangster-related threat had prompted the change in security arrangements. His remarks came after actor Tiger Shroff was shot at in Juhu, an attack for which the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had claimed responsibility.(With agency inputs)
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