Threat call received to blow up Ram Temple in Ayodhya: UP Police

Ayodhya (ANI): A threat call was received at Ram Lalla Sadan in Ayodhya to blow up the Ram Janmabhoomi where the construction of Ram temple is underway.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Madhuban Singh said that a man named Manoj Kumar received a call from an unidentified caller from Delhi, threatning that there would be a blast at the Ram Janmabhoomi.

“Manoj Kumar who is residing at Ram Lalla Sadan in Ayodhya got a call at around 5 am on Thursday where a person from Delhi said that by 10 am there’d be a blast at Ram Janmabhoomi. Teams are formed to arrest the person. The man would be arrested soon and action would be taken against him,” the SP said.

Officials probe ‘Taliban attack’ warning email

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Anti-Terrorism Squad officials have launched an investigation into an email sent to the Mumbai office of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), warning of an “attack by the Taliban” in the city, police said on Friday.

“The sender of the email claimed to be a whistleblower from within the extremist outfit, and warned that a person linked to the Taliban will carry out an ‘attack’ in Mumbai,” an of-

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ficial said, of the threat that is said to have been sent in on Thursday.

The email address used to send the threat message contained the word “CIA”. The IP (internet protocol) address of the sender has been traced to Pakistan, said the official. The police suspect this might be a hoax, as the agency has got similar mails before.

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