Mumbai:
A 24-year-old man has been arrested for making fake calls about a bomb in the bustling Zaveri Bazar area of Mumbai.
He said the accused Dinesh Sutar, a resident of Kalbadevi Road in south Mumbai, had allegedly called up the control room of Mumbai Police on Sunday morning about the bomb placed at Jamkhed in Ahmednagar district.
The officer said that Sutar later called the control room again that a bomb had been planted on an Eat street in Zaveri Bazar area, following which the police swung into action and the Bomb Disposal Squad also reached the spot.
He said eateries in the street were emptied within minutes and people were asked to stay away from the area.
He said the police also informed the Crime Branch team and the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) about the call made to the control room on their emergency helpline 112.
He said the crime branch team traced the accused in Bhuleshwar after tracing the mobile phone number used to make the call.
The personnel of Lokmanya Tilak Marg police station called the accused and asked him to show where the bomb was kept. The officer said that they laid a trap and caught him within hours.
He said the accused was arrested under sections 506(2) (criminal intimidation), 505(1)(b) (making, publishing or transmitting any statement or report containing rumours) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code. Is.
He said Sutar, a resident of Sangola in Solapur district, had come to Mumbai 10 days ago after a dispute with his relatives and was living in Kalbadevi, where he had worked earlier.
As per the preliminary investigation, the accused was unsatisfied as he had recently broken up with his girlfriend, the officer said, adding that further investigation is underway.
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