Mumbai, Dec 13
Following a string of online bomb threats in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has received a bomb threat via email, second such incident in a month for the Central Bank.
Apparently written in the Russian language, the email was sent to the official website of the Central Bank on Thursday afternoon, threatening to blow up the building with explosives.
The police have registered a case against the unknown sender at Mata Ramabai Marg (MRA Marg) police station in Mumbai.
The authorities were actively investigating the matter and working to track down those responsible for the email threat.
On November 16, a similar bomb threat was received on the RBI's customer care number and the caller claimed to be the "CEO of Lashkar-e-Taiba".
During the call, the accused reportedly sang a song over the phone before issuing the threat. The Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group had carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, one of the deadliest terror attacks in the country.
The matter was immediately escalated to the Mumbai Police, who conducted a search. However, nothing suspicious was found.