Mumbai: A 22-year-old man was arrested from Mumbai after he allegedly called up the National Security Guard (NSG) control room and warned of a “chemical attack” on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the police said Monday.
Kashinath Mandal, who worked as a security guard, was arrested by the D B Marg Police in central Mumbai July 27, an official said.
He obtained the contact number of the NSG control room in New Delhi and called up there Friday, warning of a “chemical attack” on the prime minister, the official said.
The NSG tracked the number to Mumbai and informed the police here about the call.
The police then traced Mandal – a native of Jharkhand and staying at a hutment in Walkeshwar area here – and arrested him from the Mumbai Central Railway Station when he was about to board a Surat-bound train, he said.
The official said that during interrogation, Mandal told the police that his friend was recently killed in a Naxal attack in Jharkhand and in this context he wanted to meet the prime minister.
Following the arrest, the accused was produced in a court which remanded him in police custody till Monday.
He will be produced in the court again later in the day, the official said.