Mumbai: Terror outfit threatened to bomb Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace and Taj Lands End hotel said police
News report by Ayushi kedia
Mumbai’s Royal and iconic place Taj Hotel has received a bomb threat call from Pakistan. According to the details from police says, the call was received late on Monday from Karachi. The report says bomb threat call was received at Taj Hotel and Bandra’s Taj Lands End. As by seeing the incident of November 2008, Taj Mahal Palace and Taj Lands End hotels would be blown up.
Therefore, security outside and around the hotel has been tightened and police personnel have been deployed in the area. Authorities are also conducting checking of vehicles around the area, while the hotel premises were also searched. All roads leading to Taj Hotel in Mumbai have also been closed as a security measure following the bomb threat call.
The caller identified himself as a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and threatened to blow-up the two hotels in Mumbai. And warned the situation can be like November, 2008.
The first call received at around 12:30 am by the Taj Mahal palace staffers. The call was from a Pakistani number. The caller identified himself as a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and said that the hotel would be attacked by their members.
