RBI HDFC ICICI Bank receive bomb threats – miscreants demand resignation of FM and RBI Governor
RBI HDFC ICICI Bank receive bomb threats – miscreants demand resignation of FM and RBI Governor
It comes as a rude shocking news that RBI has received a threatening email which records that bombs would be planted at RBI office, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank and demanding the resignation of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The mail threatened that a total of 11 bomb attacks would occur at 11 places in Mumbai at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, Police went to all these places and investigated but did not find any explosives.
Mumbai Police informs that a case has been registered
at the MRA Marg Police Station and the probe is underway.
Reportedly, the e-mail was sent from the id khilafat.india@gmail.com on the RBI governor’s email id at around 10:50 am threatening bomb blasts at the RBI new Central Office building, Fort, HDFC House in Churchgate, and ICICI Bank Tower in Bandra-Kurla Complex at 1:30 pm.
Threatening execution of blasts, the sender demanded that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI governor Shaktikanta Das resign from their posts immediately and release a full statement about the disclosure of the “banking scam”, as per the FIR.
Mumbai Police immediately conducted searches at all the locations mentioned in the e-mail with Bomb Detection and Disposal (BDDS) personnel, but nothing suspicious was found at these spots.
A case has been registered against an unidentified person on the complaint of the RBI head guard under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including 505-1 b (Making or circulating a false alarm or warning as to disaster or its severity or magnitude, leading to panic), 502-2 (Statements conducting public mischief) and 506- 2 (Criminal intimidation).
Mumbai Police maintained stringent vigilance to avoid any untoward incident. The threatened banks RBI ICICI and HDFC too remained alert. Security were beefed up at the residence of Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi and the RBI
Governor Shaktikanta Das in Mumbai.
News Edit K.V.Raman
