The Mumbai Traffic Police control room received several text messages on its WhatsApp helpline number threatening a “26/11-style” Mumbai attack. The messages were sent from a Pakistani phone number, and the sender warned that the attack would soon be in Mumbai, bringing back memories of the 2008 attack. The messages were received around 11 p.m., according to an official. “Text messages were received on the WhatsApp number of the Mumbai police’s traffic helpline operated from the control room located at Worli in central Mumbai around 11 p.m. on Friday,” the official was quoted as saying by PTI, adding, “The sender has threatened about a 26/11-type attack in the series of messages.”According to a police officer, the individual is from Pakistan, and a few others are assisting him in carrying out the attack. The accused has also shared some phone numbers and warned that the attack could be carried out in the same manner as the murders of Sidhu Moosewala and an Udaipur tailor. On November 26, 2008, ten Pakistani terrorists arrived by sea route and opened fire indiscriminately at multiple locations in Mumbai, killing 166 people, including 18 security personnel, and injuring several others, in addition to damaging property worth crores. This incident occurs just days after a boat carrying AK-47 rifles, explosives, and bullets was discovered on Thursday off the coast of Harihareshwar in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.Devendra Fadnavis, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, stated that there was no confirmation of a terror connection.
By Subhechcha Ganguly
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