13 November,2026 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Abhitash Singh
The BMC headquarters in Fort. Pic/Atul Kamble
Mumbai woke up to another bomb scare on Thursday after threat emails targeting a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) office and two Punjab National Bank (PNB) branches in Zaveri Bazar, and Marine Lines triggered security checks. The threats turned out to be hoaxes.
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The emails, received on Thursday, claimed that explosives had been planted at all three locations. Local police rushed to the spots and thoroughly searched the premises. Nothing suspicious was found, and the threats were declared hoaxes, police officials said.
Police have registered a case, and legal proceedings are underway. Investigators are examining the emails' technical trail, including the sender's address and IP details, to establish their origin.
DCP (South Zone II) Ragasudha R confirmed to mid-day that the sender remains unidentified. "We have not yet identified the person who sent the threat email. Our teams are working on it, and legal action is being taken," she said.
Police officials said sending hoax bomb threat emails is punishable under the law and can attract serious charges. Such threats also waste precious manpower and spread panic.
The incident follows similar hoax emails sent to actor Amitabh Bachchan and the BMC Mayor, as reported by this newspaper. The pattern has put city security agencies on alert, as every threat must be treated as real until cleared.
