Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s bungalow Matoshree received a phone call from an unidentified man claiming to be from underworld 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 threats.”
“Someone called up on ‘Matoshree’ phone number two times on Saturday night and said Dawood Ibrahim wanted to talk CM Uddhav Thackeray. However, the telephone operator did not transfer the call to the CM,” a police official told PTI. According to him, no case was registered in this connection.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has been apprised of the incident and the police is investigating, Parab said. Security has since been beefed up outside Matoshree in Mumbai’s Bandra.
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 over it. The state cabinet also appealed to the Centre to take note of the incident. State home minister Anil Deshmukh also told the cabinet that the crime branch has started probing the matter.
Earlier, minister Anil Parab had said that the caller had not threatened the CM on the phone call.
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