Mumbai: The Traffic Control Room of Mumbai Police on Saturday received several text messages threatening a 26/11-type terror attack. The message was sent to the WhatsApp number of the Mumbai Police Traffic Control Room's helpline.
The messages received by the police threatening a 26/11-like attack in Mumbai came from a phone number which has Pakistan code, city Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said on Saturday.
"Text messages were received on the WhatsApp number of the Mumbai police's traffic helpline operated from the control room located at Worli in central Mumbai around 11 pm on Friday," an official said.
"In the series of messages, the sender has threatened about a 26/11-type attack," he added. He also said the city crime branch has initiated an investigation into the incident. As many as 166 people were killed and over 300 were injured in one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the country's history as 10 heavily-armed terrorists from Pakistan launched a brutal in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. (with Agency inputs)
