Mumbai, Jan 19 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly calling up the Mumbai police control room and falsely claiming a bomb had been planted in Dharavi, an official said on Sunday.
The call was made on Friday, after which a case was registered and a probe began, he said.
“We arrested Narendra Ganpat Kawal from Dharavi itself on Friday night through technical intelligence. He had claimed a bomb had been placed in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Dharavi. Our probe has found he was booked by Azad Maidan police station for a similar crime,” the official said.
He has been charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the police official said. PTI ZA BNM
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