Mumbai: An man has made a phone call to a hospital in Mumbai and threatened to kill the family of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, a police official said. The person made three to four calls on a landline number of the Reliance Foundation Hospital in Girgaon area around 10.30 am, he said.
After receiving information about the calls, the Mumbai police initiated a probe into it. A preliminary enquiry suggested the caller was mentally unstable, the official said. A process was on to register an FIR in this connection, he added.
"Mumbai Police arrested the caller namely Bishnu Vidu Bhowmik, aged 56, and registered an FIR u/s 506 (2) of IPC. He made nine calls between 10:39 am and 12:04 pm from his personal phone on eight different numbers. He is a resident of Borivali West," Neelotpal DCP, Zone 2 told ANI.
"A suspect has been detained from Dahisar for the making the threats call on the board lines of Reliance Foundation Harkissandas Hospital. Investigations are in progress," said a Mumbai Police spokesperson.
"Security has been raised to high alert after the threat calls and Mumbai Police is taking the threat calls very seriously, " added a top brass of the police.
The Free Press Journal, reports that Mukesh Ambani was at his Antilia residence when the threat calls were received at Reliance Foundation Hospital.
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"Reliance Foundation Hospital filed a complaint about receiving calls posing threat to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family. More than three calls were received at the hospital. Case being filed, probe underway," ANI Tweeted.
Speaking to ABP News, Reliance Foundation Hospital CEO, Tarang Gianchandani said, "We have received 8 threat calls today. We are treating the caller as a terrorist, we have informed the police about this and we have also told our security guards. The call was from an unknown person who threatened Mukesh Ambani and family."
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