Security has been increased outside CM Uddhav Thackeray’s Maharashtra residence, Matoshree. (News18)
Maharashtra Minister Anil Parab said the caller requested to speak to CM Thackeray and did not issue any threats.
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The Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray bungalow, Matoshree, received a phone call from an unidentified man claiming to be from the underworld of Don Dawood Ibrahim’s gang on Saturday, state cabinet minister Anil Parab said.
He added: “The caller requested to speak to CM Thackeray and did not issue any threat.”
“Someone called the ‘Matoshree’ phone number twice Saturday night and said that Dawood Ibrahim wanted to speak to CM Uddhav Thackeray. However, the telephone operator did not transfer the call to CM,” a police officer told PTI . According to him, no case was registered in this regard.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has been informed of the incident and police are investigating, Parab said. Since then, security has been tightened outside Matoshree, in Bandra, in Mumbai.
Reacting to the incident, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said: “Shiv sainiks will protect Matoshree and nothing can deter Uddhav Thackeray.”
The Maharashtra cabinet condemned the threat to Thackeray and expressed concern about it. The state cabinet also called on the Center to take note of the incident. State Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh also told the cabinet that the crime branch has begun investigating the matter.
Earlier, Minister Anil Parab had said that the caller had not threatened the CM in the phone call.
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