Mumbai police have cracked a major case of panic-inducing bomb threats that swept across India. The prime suspect, Saurav Biswas, aged 28, was apprehended from North 24 Parganas in West Bengal. Over the past five days, he allegedly sent menacing emails targeting over 50 locations, including Mumbai schools, metro stations, stock exchanges, and sites in Delhi, Gujarat, and beyond.
The threats began escalating on February 27, when an email at 8:46 AM warned of imminent explosions at Mumbai schools and metro stations within two days. Security agencies sprang into action, with Dindoshi police registering a case and launching a swift investigation. Technical experts traced the email back to Biswas in New Barrackpore, West Bengal.
A dedicated team from Mumbai raced to West Bengal, only to uncover Biswas’s prior mischief. On February 16, he had sent a similar hoax to Ahmedabad, where cyber police had already filed charges and briefly detained him on March 1. Mumbai authorities then took custody, transferring him for intense interrogation.
Authorities believe Biswas aimed purely to sow chaos, but they’re probing deeper for any larger conspiracy or network involvement. This arrest brings relief amid heightened national security concerns, underscoring the police’s rapid response capabilities in the digital age. Further questioning will determine if this was a lone act of folly or something more sinister, as investigations continue.