The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested an individual in reference to sending bomb threat mail to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank. According to the Mumbai Police, the person has been arrested from Vadodara in Gujarat. They stated that the individual is being questioned as to why the threatening mail was despatched. According to sources, the police additionally detained two extra individuals in reference to the matter.
What did the sender demand?
Earlier on Tuesday, the RBI acquired a threatening e-mail stating that bombs had been planted in its premises. According to police, the sender of the e-mail additionally threatened to plant bombs contained in the premises of HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank in Mumbai. In addition, the sender had additionally demanded the resignation of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The sender claimed to be from ‘Khilafat India’ and said that bombs had been planted at a complete of 11 places in Mumbai.
What does e-mail comprise?
“We have planted 11 different bombs in different locations of Mumbai. the RBI along with private sector banks have executed the biggest scam in India. The scam involves RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, some of the top finance officials and some renowned ministers of India. We have sufficient proof for the same, ” the mail learn.
“We demand that both, the RBI Governor and the Finance Minister immediately resign from their posts and release a press statement with full disclosure of the scam. We also demand that the government give both and all those who are involved in the scam the punishment they deserve. If our demands are not met before 1:30 pm (December 16), all the 11 bombs will blast one by one,” the mail further added.”
