The traffic wing of the Mumbai Police has received a message on WhatsApp, threatening to attack Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ office. The Worli Police immediately registered a case and launched an investigation.
Police sources said that they received the message from a Pakistani number, and they suspected a plot from the neighbouring country to attack the Chief Minister’s Office.The person who sent the message gave his name as Malik Shahbaz Humayun Raja Dev.Following the threat perception, the police has increased Chief Minister Fadnavis’s security. The officials assured that security around the Chief Minister, his office and other key government buildings has been heightened as a precautionary measure.Further details are awaited as the investigation progresses.The authorities are at the same time working to trace the source of the message and determine its credibility.
The threat message to the Mumbai Police comes days after Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde received a death threat via email on February 20. The email threatened to blow up the Shiv Sena leader’s car. The Goregaon and JJ Marg police stations, along with the Mantralaya, received the threatening messages.
