The Reserve Bank of India on Friday received an email, threatening to blow up the bank’s Mumbai office with explosives. The threat mail was sent to the official email id of RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra in the Russian language.
Upon receiving the input about the threat email, the Mumbai Police filed a case against the sender under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and launched a probe.Speaking about the threat email, a senior Mumbai Police said, “A threatening email was received on the official website of the Reserve Bank of India. The email was in Russian language, warned to blow up the bank. A case has been registered against an unknown accused in Mata Ramabai Marg (MRA Marg) police station. Investigation into the matter is underway”.The threat mail came days after new RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra took charge as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank, replacing Shaktikanta Das who demitted office after six years. Malhotra, an IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, was selected by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Earlier in the day, as many as 16 private schools in Delhi also received a hoax bomb threat, triggering a multi-agency search of their premises.
