Security Beefed up after Bomb Hoax at Three Railway Stations and Amitabh Bachchan’s Bungalow
MUMBAI, Aug 7: The Mumbai police launched massive search operations after receiving anonymous calls of bombs having placed in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Dadar and Byculla railway stations and the bungalow of the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Juhu.
The police said after roping in all the necessary agencies and carrying out overnight searches at the three railway stations and the actor’s bungalow, nothing was found.
The police said the call from the unidentified person was received late on Friday night who threatened to blow up the three railway stations and the actor’s bungalow. The officials revealed that all the necessary agencies were roped in, after which searches were conducted at these locations throughout the night. However, they did not find anything suspicious.
According to police officials, local police stations, Anti-Terrorism Squad, government railway police and bomb detection and disposal squad were intimated, and they carried out searches at the four locations.
“We also checked all the four bungalows of Amitabh Bachchan from outside to understand if there was any mischief,” said senior police inspector Shashikant Mane of Juhu police station.
However, as nothing suspicious was found, the police said it was a hoax call.
The Azad Maidan police are in the process of registering an FIR, while cyber police is also trying to trace the caller.
However, the security at three prominent railway stations and Bachchan’s bungalow has been beefed up as the police did not want to take chances.
(Manas Dasgupta)
