Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis' office receives bomb threat from Pakistani number
PTC News Desk: Mumbai traffic police has received a Whatsapp message from a Pakistani number threatening attack on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, officials said.
Following the message, Mumbai police is on high alert and registered a case while investigation into the matter has been launched.
Earlier on February 21, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also received a death threat.
Eknath Shinde responded to a recent death threat, stating that such threats were not new to him.
"Threats have come before too. There were many threats when the dance bar was closed. There were threats to kill me, and attempts were made, but I was not afraid. The Naxalites had threatened me, but I did not give in to their threats... I did the work of starting the first industrial project in Gadchiroli," he said.
After probing threat message, the Mumbai police revealed that it was a hoax e-mail.
- With inputs from agencies
