MUMBAI: A government official said today that the Mumbai Traffic Police control room has received several text messages on its helpline and WhatsApp number, alleging a ’26/11 attack’.
The official informed that the number from which the message was received was from outside the country. He said, the said ‘text message’ came to the ‘WhatsApp’ number of the traffic ‘helpline’ of the Mumbai Police in the control room at Worli, Central Mumbai on Friday at around 11 pm.
In several of the messages received, the sender threatened a ’26/11-like attack’. He said that the crime branch of the city has started the investigation of the incident.
Besides, he said, other gangs and central agencies have been called to assist in the investigation.