NEW DELHI – A 22-year-old man was arrested from Mumbai after he allegedlycalled up the National Security Guard (NSG) control room and warned of a“chemical attack” on the prime minister, the police said on Monday.
Kashinath Mandal, who worked as a security guard, was arrested by the D BMarg Police in central Mumbai on July 27, an official said.
He obtained the contact number of the NSG control room in New Delhi andcalled up there on Friday, warning of a “chemical attack” on the primeminister, the official said.
The NSG tracked the number to Mumbai and informed the police in Mumbaiabout the call.
The police then traced Mandal – a native of Jharkhand and staying at ahutment in Walkeshwar area here – and arrested him from the Mumbai CentralRailway Station when he was about to board a Surat-bound train, he said.
The official said that during interrogation, Mandal told the police thathis friend was recently killed in a Maoist attack in Jharkhand and in thiscontext he wanted to meet the prime minister.
Following the arrest, the accused was produced in a court which remandedhim in police custody till Monday.
He will be produced in the court again later in the day, the official said.
Mandal has been booked under IPC sections 505 (1) and (2) (making,publishing or circulating any statement, rumour or report creating orpromoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) and 182 (falseinformation with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power tothe injury of another person), he added.