Mumbai authorities were placed on high alert on Thursday after an email threatened bomb blasts at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, the mayor’s office, actor Amitabh Bachchan’s Juhu residence and a Punjab National Bank branch, according to an official quoted by the Times of India.
The email was sent at 10.52 am from an account identified as reduak079@gmail.com and addressed to the PNB Mumbai Zonal Office, the Local Crime Branch at Cuffe Parade and the bank’s Zaveri Bazar branch in south Mumbai. Its subject line referred to a bomb blast at a PNB branch in Mumbai at 1.11 pm.
The message also mentioned November 27 and December 31 and listed several potential targets, including banks in Mumbai, the airport, Mahalaxmi Stadium, Bachchan’s Juhu bungalow, known as Jalsa, and the mayor’s office. It made references to Khalistan and an organisation called the Khalistan National Army, the official said.
Authorities had not established the authenticity of the threat or the identity of the sender when the report was published. The available account of the incident did not state whether any suspicious object had been found or whether operations at the airport, municipal headquarters, banks or other named locations had been disrupted.
The latest email follows a similar threat sent to Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on October 23. That message reportedly warned of bomb blasts at the mayor’s office, Bachchan’s residence and the venue of singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert at Mahalaxmi Racecourse on November 27. It also threatened a grenade attack on a school on October 31 and referred to an alleged threat against Bachchan’s residence between October 31 and November 27.
Following the October email, authorities conducted a search of the mayor’s office at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters and reported that nothing suspicious had been found. Security and surveillance were also increased at the mayor’s office, Mahalaxmi Racecourse, prominent educational institutions and other locations named in that message.
The fresh threat comes amid heightened attention to security around Bachchan’s Juhu residence. The actor recently greeted fans from behind a bulletproof glass screen during his customary Sunday appearance outside Jalsa. State Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant questioned whether a gangster-related threat had prompted the change in security arrangements. His remarks followed a shooting involving actor Tiger Shroff in Juhu, for which the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had claimed responsibility.
The report did not identify any confirmed blast, injury or arrest linked to the latest email. Security agencies and local authorities are expected to assess the message, check the locations named in it and determine whether further protective measures are required.
