Three Muslim men nabbed in Vadodara for issuing threat to bomb 11 buildings in Mumbai

Vadodara: Mumbai Crime Branch has nabbed Vadodara district and city-based Adil Malek, Vasim Meman, and Muhammad Arshil Topal  for sending email threats of 11 bomb blasts in Mumbai including one at the Reserve Bank of India(RBI). The email was sent in the name of Khilafat.India.

Mumbai Crime Branch team with the help of Vadodara city and district Crime Branch first raided a location in Ranu village in Vadodara district and held a Muslim man from there. Later the accused revealed two more names, following which two more arrests were made in Vadodara city.

The accused had sent an email to RBI headquarters’ email address governor@rbi.org.in from an email address Khilafat.India@gmail,.com. The accused threatened bomb blasts at 11 places including HDFC and ICICI headquarters. They demanded the resignation of the Union Finance Minister and RBI Governor. If resignations are not given by 1.30 pm, 11 places will suffer bomb blasts, the accused had said in email.

A security guard of RBI headquarters had filed a complaint at Ramabai Ambedkar Road police station in this connection, following which the phone number used to send email was tracked. The sender was identified as Adil Rafik Meman from Ranu village in the Vadodara district. Meman was a resident of the Kasba Faliya area of Ranu. Later Adil revealed the names of Tandalja-based Muhammad Arshil Muhammad Iqbal Topal(27) from Rizwan flat in the Tandalja area of Vadodara city  along with Vasim Raja Abdul Razak Meman. The accused were taken to Mumbai. DeshGujarat