Mumbai: Security has been tightened around the famed Hotel Taj Mahal Palace near Gateway of India after a threat to blow it up, official sources said here on Tuesday.
A threat call was received by the hotel around 12.30 a.m. after which the Mumbai Police was informed, the sources said, adding that the call was purportedly made from Karachi in Pakistan and the caller threatened to blow up the hotel with bombs.
Not taking any chances, security has been tightened in the hotel's vicinity and further investigation are underway.
Mumbai's famous Taj Hotel was targeted by terrorists in 2008 in which mre than 166 people were killed and more than 300 people were injured. The attack lasted for nearly 60 hours.
Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist who was caught alive in the attack and was later hanged in Pune's Yerwada jail on the morning of 21 September 2012.
The terrorists attacked the Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus, Taj Mahal Hotel, Trident Hotel and a Jewish center.
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