Mumbai and Singapore RDX Warning: Target in VIP room RDX bomb threat of Mumbai Worli, also warned to schools in Delhi. Searching for cyber police source, bomb disposal and fire fighting alert, student-employee safe, mystery is yet to be revealed.
Mumbai and Singapore rdx warning: A premium hotel located in Worli, Mumbai on Thursday received an threatened email, stating that the three VIP rooms of the hotel were on the target of the RDX explosion. The email warned of seven RDX IED blasts at Ritz Carlton and Mumbai Worli Hotel in Singapore. The threat was also demanded to form the Tamil Nadu Police Union. The hotel administration immediately informed the Mumbai Police Control Room. The cyber police started intensive investigation to detect the source of threatening email and identify the sender. Meanwhile, fire service, police, bomb disposal squad and dog squad immediately reached the spot.
Why did Delhi schools get threats?
On the day of Mumbai’s threat email, six schools in Delhi also received bomb threats. Threats were sent through email in Dwarka Sector 5 and Prasad Nagar in the morning. Students and employees were safely evacuated for security reasons. Police showed a boom in tracking the IP address of the email. All the students and staff were evacuated after a bomb call at Delhi Public School (DPS) Dwarka at around 7 am on August 18. Bomb disposal squads carried out a search operation. After investigation, this threat proved to be false.
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Is cyber security a sign of new threat now?
Threats in Mumbai and Delhi have increased security alerts in cities. It is clear from cyber police investigation that threats spread through digital medium can cause real threat to the real threat.
What is cyber police doing?
Cyber police are using digital tracing technology to detect email and call source. It is being ensured that such threats can be warned and prevented in future.
Can there be more such threats in future?
Experts believe that it is necessary to take the threats spread through email or call seriously. For this, cyber police, bomb disposal squad and local administration will have to stay on alert mode in every city.
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