MUMBAI: Even as security agencies were on their toes for the upcoming Ganeshotsav, a man called the police control room in the wee hours of Monday and said that explosives were being assembled.
The police machinery went into a tizzy and rushed to the location that he had mentioned only to find that it was a hoax.
The caller, Anil Sasane (44), was traced and arrested. Police said Sasane, who works as a driver, had gotten drunk and dialled ‘100’ as a prank.
Around 4.10am, the Mumbai police control room received a call. The caller gave his name as Sasane and said 20-25 men were assembling bombs at a labour camp near the Ayyappa temple in Goregaon (W). The control room gave the call high priority given the upcoming festival. The Bangur Nagar police station was informed and a team rushed to the labour camp. Despite repeated checks, nothing untoward was found. The police team then tracked down the location of the caller and traced Sasane, who lives in a chawl nearby.
On being questioned, he started to give evasive responses. Police frisked him and found the phone that he had used to make the call to ‘100’. He later admitted that he had not witnessed any terror activity.
Sasane was arrested and a case was registered against him under provisions of the IPC for making a hoax call to create a disturbance in society. tnn
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