Security has been beefed up across Maharashtra after the Mumbai Traffic Police received a bomb threat message on its WhatsApp number, claiming multiple attacks across the city ahead of Ganesh Visarjan.
According to the police, the messenger claimed that 34 vehicles carrying 400 kilograms of RDX and ‘human bombs’ would shake the entire city of Mumbai.
The Mumbai Police said, “Traffic Police in Mumbai received threats over their official WhatsApp number. In the threat, a claim has been made that 34 ‘human bombs’ have been planted in 34 vehicles across the city and the blast will shake entire Mumbai. The organisation, claiming to be ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi’, says that 14 Pakistani terrorists have entered India. The threat message further states that 400 kgs of RDX will be used in the blast. Mumbai Police is alert and security across the state has been enhanced. All angles of the threat are being investigated.”
Mumbai Police say, "Traffic Police in Mumbai received threats over their official WhatsApp number. In the threat, a claim has been made that 34 'human bombs' have been planted in 34 vehicles across the city and the blast will shake entire Mumbai. The organisation, claiming to be…
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The threat also warned that 400 kilograms of RDX would be used in the explosion, which could take many lives.
Following the message, Mumbai Police have heightened security across the city and launched an investigation into the threat from all possible angles.
Police said, “The threat message further states that 400 kgs of RDX will be used in the blast. Mumbai Police is alert, and security across the state has been enhanced. All angles of the threat are being investigated.”
The 10-day Ganeshotsav festival begins on Ganesh Chaturthi, which falls in the Bhadrapada month of the Hindu calendar, and concludes with elaborate immersion processions on Anant Chaturdashi.
On the day of Anant Chaturdashi, the idol is carried in a public procession accompanied by music and group chanting, and then immersed in a nearby body of water, such as a river or sea, during the Ganesh Visarjan ceremony, marking the end of the grand celebration.
This year, the festival of Anant Chaturdashi will be celebrated on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
