Man Makes Bomb Hoax Call To Mumbai Police, Arrested Within Hours
NDTV
The accused had allegedly called the Mumbai police's control room on Sunday morning about a bomb planted at Jamkhed in Ahmednagar district.
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly making a hoax call about a bomb in the bustling Zaveri Bazaar area of Mumbai, police said on Monday.
The accused Dinesh Sutar, a resident Kalbadevi Road in south Mumbai, had allegedly called the Mumbai police's control room on Sunday morning about a bomb planted at Jamkhed in Ahmednagar district, he said.
Sutar later called the control room again about a bomb placed at 'Khau Gully', an eat street, in Zaveri Bazaar area, following which the police swung into action and the bomb disposal squad also reached the scene, the official said.
The eateries in the lane were vacated within minutes and people were asked to stay away from the area, he said.
