Life Threat Issued to Mukesh Ambani And Family In Call to Reliance Hospital; Police Begin Probe
A threatening call against Mukesh Ambani and his family members was made to the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital on Wednesday from an unknown number. The caller issued life threats to chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd Mukesh Ambani, his wife Nita Ambani, and children Akash Ambani and Anant Ambani. Police have initiated action to trace the source.
A case is being registered at the DB Marg Police Station and Mumbai police is investigating the matter. Police sources said the caller is likely to be traced soon.
“Today at 12:57 pm, a call was made at Reliance Foundation Hospital. The caller threatened to blow up the hospital and also threatened to kill members of the Ambani family. Security has been beefed up at the hospital and Antilia. We are probing the matter and a case has been registered,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Neelotpal said in a press conference in Mumbai.
According to sources, the caller issued life threats to Mukesh Ambani, Nita, Akash and Anant. The caller has also threatened to blow up the Hospital.
RIL later issued a statement saying that two calls were made — one at 12.57 pm and the other one at 5.04 pm to “blow up the hospital and threatening to take the lives of Shri Mukesh Ambani, Smt Nita Ambani, Shri Akash Ambani and Shri Anant Ambani. The caller also threatened to blow up Antilia and gave multiple threats to members of the Ambani family”.
“A police complaint has been registered and we are providing all the necessary details to the police in their investigations,” a RIL spokesperson stated.
A similar call was made to the Reliance Foundation hospital on August 15. According to reports, the individual had made eight threatening calls to the hospital’s display number, threatening Mukesh Ambani’s life.
Police had registered the case, and a man had been detained in the western suburbs of Mumbai for connections to the threatening call.
The Ministry of Home Affairs had recently upgraded Mukesh Ambani’s security to Z+ category, according to reports. Ambani was previously granted Z category security, which includes pilot and follow-up vehicles with armed commandos who provide him with security whenever he moves in Mumbai or elsewhere in India.
Last year, a Scorpio sedan with 20 explosive gelatin sticks and a threat letter was discovered outside Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai home ‘Antilia.’ When Antilia’s security team alerted police to the suspicious Scorpio, a police team, along with bomb disposal and canine squads, quickly arrived on the scene to investigate. Cops had surrounded the area and removed the vehicle.
