"Planted 11 bombs across Mumbai": RBI Receives Email Threat

In an email sent to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), an anonymous person has demanded the resignations of top officials from the financial sector. This has led to a police investigation.

The email was received from "Khilafat.india@gmail.com" on Tuesday, December 26. It contained threats of bomb attacks on the RBI office in Mumbai, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank. The sender also demanded the resignation of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. 

The email detailed plans for eleven bombs at locations in Mumbai. It called for a news release revealing the specifics of an alleged large-scale scam. The email also alleges to have proof of the scam. The sender threatened to detonate these bombs if their demands were not completed until 1:30 pm on Tuesday.

The email quoted, "We have planted 11 bombs in different locations of Mumbai. RBI along with private sector banks have executed the biggest scam in the history of India. This scam involves RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, some of the top banking officials, and some renowned ministers of India. We have sufficient solid proofs for the same."

The email also included the exact locations of three bombs: the ICICI Bank Towers in Bandra Kurla Complex, the HDFC House at Churchgate, and the RBI New Central Office Building in Fort.

The email is said to originate from Gujarat. The crime branch of Mumbai Police and the Mata Ramabai Ambedkar (MRA) Marg Police Station initiated an investigation. The police and bomb squad also conducted thorough searches of the threatened areas. But no bombs or suspicious items were found at the locations.

A formal complaint has been filed at the MRA Marg police station against an unidentified individual. This year, Mumbai Police received more threat calls than last year. It has led to nearly 30 arrests so far. A lot of these callers have been diagnosed as mentally ill.