The Shivaji Nagar police on Monday arrested a 37-year-old man from Maharashtra who made a hoax call to the police control room claiming that a bomb has been planted in a mosque on last Wednesday.
Following the lead from a mobile phone tower location, a team of police tracked down the accused and managed to pin him down in Maharashtra.
Bhimashankar Guled, DCP, East Division, said that the accused Syed Khazi Mohammed Anwarulla, used to collect donations for the madrasa at various mosques in and around the city. On Tuesday, he went to Masjid-e-Azam, a mosque situated in Shivajinagar for collecting donations and asked the management for a place to sleep in the mosque. Since there was no provision in the mosque to allow visitors to stay, the management refused. Heated arguments ensued between the accused and the management following which he left in a huff.
