Mumbai Police’s traffic control room received a threatening call on Thursday where the caller claimed a plan was in place to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to police sources, the caller has been identified as a woman. A case has been registered at Mumbai’s Amboli police station, and efforts are underway to apprehend her, police said.
Initial reports suggest the woman is mentally disturbed, but authorities are proceeding with the investigation following standard procedures, police said. The police have launched an investigation and are adhering to all protocols while tracking the suspect, they added.
This is not the first time that Prime Minister Modi has received death threats. Earlier, a video of a man from Haryana went viral in which he threatened to shoot Modi. In the video, the young man identified himself as a person from Haryana.
He said that he was a resident of Mohana village in Sonipat. In the video, he said that if Prime Minister Modi comes in front of him, he will shoot him. Similarly, in 2022, similar threats were made against Prime Minister Modi by a person named Xavier. Xavier wrote in a letter sent to Kerala BJP President K. Surendran that he would kill Modi. He said that Modi’s situation would be like Rajiv Gandhi’s.
The responsibility of the security of the Prime Minister of the country lies with the Special Protection Group or SPG. The first security ring around the Prime Minister is taken care of by the SPG. This team involved in the security of the Prime Minister is very strong. They are trained according to the Secret Service guidelines. They will be equipped with modern weapons like the MNF-2000 assault rifle, automatic gun, and 17M revolver.
Meanwhile, last year in July also, the Mumbai Police control room had received a similar threat call wherein the call had warned to kill Prime Minister Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. As per officials, an unidentified person had called on the landline number of the Mumbai Police Control Room and threatened to kill the Prime Minister and the UP CM. The caller had also reportedly threatened to carry out “26/11-like attack” in the country.
