NEW DELHI, Oct 28: The noted industrialist and chairman of the Reliance Industries Limited Mukesh Ambani has been threatened with death through an e-mail sent by one Shadab Khan.
The mail said Mr Ambani would be killed if he did not pay the sender Rs 20 crores. It also said the sender of the mail had “best shooters’ in India. “If you don’t give us 20 crore rupees, we will kill you. We have the best shooters in India,” the email said.
Mr Ambani was issued the email on Friday, the police said on Saturday. The police said a complaint was filed after security officials at Mr Ambani’s Mumbai residence, Antilia, brought the death threat to their notice. The case was filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 387 (putting a person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion) and 506 (2) (criminal intimidation), police said, adding that a massive manhunt has been launched to catch the person who sent the mail.
This is not the first time that Mukesh Ambani has received death threats. The Mumbai Police had last year arrested a man from Bihar for making anonymous calls threatening to target Mr Ambani and his family members. The caller had threatened to “blow up” the HN Reliance Foundation Hospital along with the Ambani family residence ‘Antilia’ in south Mumbai.
In 2021, an explosives-laden SUV was found near Mr Ambani’s residence in south Mumbai. Businessman Hiran, who owned the SUV, was found dead in a creek in neighbouring Thane on March 5 last year.
(Manas Dasgupta)