New Delhi: The Mumbai Police has detained a 20-year-old visually impaired man for making a pretend name saying that bombs have been planted close to the bungalows of famous person Amitabh Bachchan, veteran actor Dharmendra and industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence Antilia.
According to a report by Hindustan Times, the person was fascinated by their work and wished to examine if they might attain out to him after making a pretend name. “The man had made the call to the pan-India single number Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) — 112, meant for citizens in emergency. He claimed that he had seen around 25 people gathered near television actor Dilip Joshi’s (Jethalal Gada of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah) house in Shivaji Park and that they were speaking about carrying out blasts near bungalows of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra. The men, he said, also had weapons and explosives with them,” a police officer mentioned.
“We started tracking the caller, but found his phone switched off. The phone number he had given to the control room turned out to be from New Delhi. Our teams even picked up the person from Delhi, but on verification found out that he was not the caller,” mentioned a police officer from Mumbai crime department.
“After getting more details from ERSS, our team headed by inspector Milind Kate tracked the caller through his cell number, and he was picked up from Lonikhand,” mentioned a police officer.
“He suffers from near-sightedness and is unable to see beyond a certain distance. The local police station is near his house, and he keeps visiting them on a regular basis. He knows how they function and is fascinated by their working style. He watches TV a lot and then decided to make a call taking names of famous people. He even told the ERSS staffer that he himself was a policeman,” the officer added.
Prashant Kadam, DCP of Mumbai crime department, mentioned, “We have detained him and also seized his phone. We will hand him over to the Shivaji Park police where a case has been registered.”
