Mumbai police control room receives threat call to kill PM Modi; woman detained

As the last location of the caller’s mobile phone number was shown in Andheri, the Amboli police station was alerted, and a police team was pressed into action to locate the caller. But the phone was switched off.

“After technical investigation, we tried to locate her. Meanwhile, she switched on her cell phone and was traced and detained from the Kandivali area in the evening. We found out that she did this call out of some frustration towards the administration system. She is not linked to any group and does not have any criminal past,” said Sadashiv Nikam, senior inspector of the Amboli police.

Nikam added that the mobile phone was recovered from her.

According to the police, the woman has studied till Class 12, is unmarried and lives alone at her home. Her younger sister lives nearby.

The police said she has a history of calling the police control room to seek help over petty issues. She sounded a little disturbed mentally, they added.

“We have registered a case, and after her role was established in making the hoax threat call, we have named her as the accused in the case and served her a notice. She has been called again today for questioning,” Nikam said.