Security has been tightened around the famed Hotel Taj Mahal Palace near Gateway of India after a threat to blow it up, official sources said here on Tuesday.
A threat call was received by the hotel around 12.30 a.m. after which the Mumbai Police was informed, the sources said, adding that the call was purportedly made from Karachi in Pakistan and the caller, who identified himself as a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit, threatened to blow up the hotel with bombs.
The second call was received by the staffers at the Taj Lands End hotel in Bandra. The caller, from Pakistan, threatened to blow up the hotel in a similar manner. Both the calls were received from the same numbers.
Though the hotels remain shut for operation presently due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, the Mumbai Police not taking any chances has tightened the security in the hotel's vicinity and further investigation is underway.
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Also, the cyber cell has been roped in to further investigate the call and the help of telecom departments has been sought to investigate the location of the call.
The calls were made on a day Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi was attacked by four terrorists on Monday, killing four security personnel.
Notably, the hotel was the prime target of Pakistani terrorists during the November 26, 2008, Mumbai terror strikes.
(With Inputs from IANS)