A Scorpio SUV with the explosive substance was found near Mukesh Ambani’s home.
Mumbai:
An abandoned vehicle with explosive material was found near the home of business tycoon Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai on Thursday, Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said in a bomb scare just meters from where India’s richest man lives. under high security.
“A Scorpio van with some jelly was found some distance from Mukesh Ambani’s home in Mumbai. The Mumbai Crime Division is investigating it. The truth will come out,” Deshmukh said.
According to law enforcement sources, a suspicious vehicle was found on Carmichael Road Thursday night. The police were alerted and a bomb detection and disposal squad or a team of BDDS and other police teams arrived at the scene immediately.
“They examined the vehicle and found 20 rods of explosive gelatin inside. It is not an assembled explosive device. Further investigations are under way,” police sources said. They added that the car was parked in the area around 1 a.m. last night, according to CCTV footage.
Security has been increased in the area and senior Mumbai police officers examined the site.
Mr. Ambani, President of Reliance Industries, lives in a luxurious 27-story, 400,000-square-foot building called Antilia in the posh Cumballa Hill area of South Mumbai. His family moved into the building in 2012.
Designed by the Chicago-based firm Perkins and Will, it reportedly has three helipads, a 168-car garage, a ballroom, nine high-speed elevators, a 50-seat theater, landscaped decks, swimming pool, spa, health center, temple, and snow room.
The incident comes less than a month after a “very low intensity” IED (improvised explosive device) explosion near the Israeli embassy in the heart of central Delhi caused a scare in the high security zone.
The blast took place 1.4 kilometers from Vijay Chowk, where President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior members of the government had gathered for the Withdrawal of Strikes ceremony that follows the Republic Day parade. .
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