The Taj Mahal Palace and the Taj Lands End hotels in Mumbai have received a bomb threat from an unidentified caller from Pakistan. The former is in the Colaba area, while the latter is in Bandra. Security has been tightened in the areas following this call. Although the hotels are not operating due to the coronavirus lockdown, strict measures have been taken to ensure that
The hotels reported receiving calls on their landline late last night, saying that he would “blow up the hotels like in 2008”. The Mumbai police are currently in the process of identifying the whereabouts of the caller. While talking about this, a hotel official said, “Police are on alert and an adequate number of police personnel have been deployed in the (Taj hotel) area”. The call is particularly disturbing, as it has come just one day after the Karachi Stock Exchange attacks on Monday.
So far, the caller has been identified to be from Pakistan and is suspected to belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the same group that wreaked havoc during the 26/11 attacks.
The iconic hotel in Colaba area was among the targets of Pakistani terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had attacked the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and Leopold Cafe in the 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks, killing 174, and injuring over 300.