Message threatening attempt on PM Modi's life received by Mumbai police

Mumbai: A message threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received by Mumbai Police on Saturday, according to an official.

A police team was dispatched right away to apprehend the suspect after the phone from which the message was sent was identified as coming from Ajmer, Rajasthan, according to an official.

The WhatsApp message, received on the helpline of the traffic police in the early hours, mentioned two ISI agents and a plot to carry out a bomb blast to target Modi, he said.

The investigators suspect that the sender is a mentally disturbed person or was under the influence of alcohol but further probe was on, the official added.

A First Information Report was registered under the relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections.

The helpline of the Mumbai traffic police has received hoax threat messages many times in the past.


With PTI inputs 

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