Ambani threat: Suspects did a thorough recce

A day after a vehicle with 21 gelatin sticks was found outside Mukesh Ambanirsquos residence Antilia in South Mumbai Mumbai Crime Branch officers spotted the suspect whose face was covered with a scarf in CCTV footage After getting out of the Scorpio the suspect left in a white Innova The Crime Branch has not ruled out the terror angleSecurity personnel outside Antilia on FridayGenerally terror organisations claim such incidents but in this case no one has come forward even after over 24 hours We cannot rule out anything until we get full clarityrdquo a senior IPS officer said Police also confirmed that the number plates found inside the vehicle belong to the Ambani familyrsquos convoy ldquoIt is clear that the person recced the area and noted the registration numbers The parking place was predecided And the recce was done before the vehicle was stolen from Vikhrolirdquo the officer addedIn CCTV footages the Innova was seen entering the city at 120 am on Thursday the Scorpio joined it at Priyadarshani Park at 140 am Via Dadar and Haji Ali they reached Altamount Round and the Scorpio was parked at 218 am The driver of the Scorpio got down within seconds and left in the Innova At 315 am the Innova was seen at Mulund toll Naka after which it disappeared ldquoAfter Mulund we are facing some difficulties with regard to CCTV footage to track the movement but we are on itrdquo the officer added The Crime Branch has formed 10 teams to look into the various aspects of the caseThe Scorpio that was left near Antilia on ThursdayThe owner of the stolen Scorpio is from Thane Mansukh Hiren told police that his vehicle was stolen from the highway He had registered an FIR on February 18 with Vikhroli policeOrigins of the gelatin sticksAccording to police the 20 gelatin sticks were procured from Nagpurbased Solar Industries India Limited ldquoThe total weight of the sticks was around 25 kg which has the capacity to blow up at least three vehicles if connected with an explosive mechanismrdquo the officer addedInside the bag containing the sticks police also found a single page note saying ldquoniTA bHABI aur mKESH bhyya aur fEMILI ek jalak he ye Agli bar ye saman pora konekt ho ke ayegaTum pora femili ko udane ke liye intejam ho gaya haiSambal Gud nitrdquo ldquoThe content of the letter suggests the messenger is trying to pretend that he is illiteraterdquo the officer addedChairman of Solar Industries Satyanarayana Nuwal told midday ldquoWe follow all government guidelines to sell and manufacture our products Their details are always shared with police and the explosives departmentrdquo While the sticks had the name of the company on them Nuwal also added ldquoOur sticks donrsquot have a unique identification code as such The boxes in which they are packed have unique codes and manufacturing dates by which we can easily identify the buyer It is not possible to identify the buyer based on the sticksrdquo Officers of the National Investigation Agency NIA too visited the spot They are conducting a parallel probe218Time in the morning on Thursday when the Scorpio was seen parked at Altamount Road