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The Noida man, who threatened Mumbai Police with live bombs across the city and infiltration of 14 Pakistani terrorists, was arrested.
The accused has been arrested in Noida. (Credits: News18.com)
Noida resident, Ashwini Kumar, who was arrested by Mumbai Police for threatening serial blasts in the Maharashtra capital amid Ganesh Chaturthi festivities, wanted to avenge his jail punishment from a former friend in Bihar and therefore devised the plan to threaten blowing up the city, according to a report.
Kumar, who hails from Patna, shifted to Noida five years ago and established an astrology business in the city.
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Why Did He Send Threatening Message To Mumbai Police?
Kumar was booked by his friend Firoz Ahmed in 2023 in a cheating case in Bihar’s Phulwari Sharif police station, which landed him in jail for four months, Times of India reported.
Due to his stay behind bars, he developed a deep grudge against Ahmed and looked for an opportunity to take revenge, the report said.
As part of his plan, he sent a threat message to Mumbai’s traffic control room on Thursday, with his friend’s name on it. In the WhatsApp message, Kumar warned that 34 live bombs were planted across Mumbai and 14 Pakistani terrorists had infiltrated. He also wrote a fictitious name ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi’ to send a message that a terror organisation was involved.
He sent the message from a number that he had bought recently and put Ahmed’s display picture on WhatsApp.
As the Ganesh Chaturthi festivities were underway, the police declared high alert and deployed the anti-terrorism squad and the crime branch.
Police Arrest Suspect
They traced to origin of the message to Noida and coordinated with Noida police commissioner Laxmi Singh, the report said.
On Friday night, a special Mumbai team along with Noida Police raided Kumar’s residence at Civitech Stadia in Sector 79 and recovered seven mobile phones, three SIM cards, an external SIM slot device, six memory cards, and four SIM holders – all of which he used to mask his identity, TOI reported.
The cops said that Kumar had no links to any terrorist group.
“He wanted his friend to be jailed,” a senior officer was quoted as saying in the report.
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Ashesh Mallick is a Sub-Editor with over three years of experience in news writing, video production. He primarily covers national news, politics and global affairs. You can follow him on Twitter: @MallickAshes… Read More
September 07, 2025, 09:41 IST
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