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Man who sent ‘400 kg RDX’ hoax to Mumbai cops held

Ashwani Kumar in custody of the Mumbai police on Saturday. ANI

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A Noida resident has been arrested for allegedly sending a hoax threat message to the Mumbai police, claiming that 14 terrorists had entered the city with explosives, to frame a man who had filed a case against him and seek revenge, officials said on Saturday.

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The accused, Ashwani Kumar (51), a native of Patna in Bihar, was living in a housing society in Noida’s Sector 79 for the past five years. He described himself as an astrologer and vastu expert, the officials said.

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According to the officials, the message received by the police on Thursday was traced to Noida, following which the Sector 113 police swung into action and arrested Kumar within hours.

Kumar was arrested from Sector 79 and handed over to the Mumbai police, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Sumit Shukla said.

Investigators said Kumar admitted that he acted out of personal vendetta.

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“He wanted to take revenge from a friend who had filed a case against him in Patna in 2023, in which he was jailed for three months. To settle scores, Kumar sent the threat message to the Mumbai police using his (friend’s) name,” the officer said.

The Mumbai police were on alert on Thursday after receiving the threat message on WhatsApp which claimed that 14 terrorists had entered the city with 400 kg of RDX planted in 34 vehicles, just days ahead of Anant Chaturthi celebrations, when lakhs gather across the city.

The message, sent to the traffic police’s helpline, mentioned the name of a group called ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi’. A case was registered at the Worli police station under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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