'34 human bombs will eliminate one crore Indians'; Security beefed up in Mumbai

MUMBAI: An anonymous phone call to the traffic police helpline number has left Mumbai city in the grip of fear. The caller said that he had employed 34 suicide bombers in India’s financial capital and vowed to kill one crore of its population.

"Traffic Police in Mumbai received threats over their official WhatsApp number. In the threat, a claim has been made that 34 'human bombs' have been planted in 34 vehicles across the city, and the blast will shake the entire city. The organisation, claiming to be 'Lashkar-e-Jihadi', says that 14 Pakistani terrorists have entered India. The threat message further states that 400 kg of RDX will be used in the blast. Mumbai Police is alert, and security across the state has been enhanced. All angles of the threat are being investigated," said Mumbai police in their response to news agency ANI.

Yesterday, another threat call reached the Mumbai police about placing bombs at a railway station. The call was soon found to be a hoax. A man was arrested in the incident.