Jeweller Arrested for Threatening Mukesh Ambani Over Phone Call
Mukesh Ambani who is also the world’s 10th richest man has received several threats via phone calls recently.
Reliance CEO, Mukesh Ambani who is also the world’s 10th richest man has received several threats via phone call recently. A 56-year-old jeweller in north Mumbai was arrested on Monday 8th August on the charges that he made nine threat calls to the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in south Mumbai and threatened to harm Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani and members of his family.
The phone calls were made between 10:39 am and 12.04 pm earlier on 8th August. In one call, the caller identified himself as Afzal. Police earlier said it appeared that the nine calls were made by the same person. Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Nilotpal said the threat calls were received by the call centre of the hospital. The caller had issued a threat to Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family members. Hospital staff then reported the threat calls to the DB Marg police station in south Mumbai, which registered an under section 506(II) (criminal intimidation, if the threat is to cause death or serious hurt or to cause the destruction of any property by fire) of the Indian Penal Code. The offence is punishable with imprisonment of up to seven years, or with a fine, or both.
The FIR is registered in the matter and is registered at the DB Marg police station. Police said the calls were traced to a residential colony in Borivali west in north Mumbai. Later, a police team arrested 56-year-old jeweller, Vishnu Vidhu Bhowmik, who has a jewellery shop in south Mumbai, said a police officer. He added that the jeweller was taken into custody from his residence in Dahisar at about 2 pm and brought to the DB Marg police station on the same day. A police officer who is involved in the investigation said Bhoumik, a native of Tripura, has been living in Borivali for the last 30 years with his family and made the calls using his mobile phone. He was sent for a medical test after arrest formalities were completed, said DCP Neelotpal.
However, this is the second time in barely last 18 months that the Ambani family has been targeted -- earlier in February 2021 when an SUV with explosives and a threat note was found abandoned near his family home Antilia. What do you think about this? Do mention your thoughts in the comment section below.
