A day after a boat carrying three AK-47 rifles and live cartridges was found in Raigad, the Mumbai Police received a text message threatening a 26/11-like attack in the city. A man was detained from Virar near Mumbai and the Mumbai Crime Branch team investigating the threat messages is questioning him.
Addressing a press conference, Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said a text message from a number that carried the code of Pakistan had threatened with attacks similar to 26/11 in Mumbai.
He said: "At around 11.30 p.m. on Friday, the police received messages, which threatened that a 26/11-like attack would be carried out in Mumbai and that the city would be blown up. There was a mention of 26/11 attacks terrorist Ajmal Kasab and (deceased) al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in the messages. It was also mentioned that some of their aides are working in India. Prima facie, the threat messages came from a number that has the country code of Pakistan."
