Terror alert in Mumbai after threat of 'Taliban attack' in email sent to anti-terror probe agency NIA

An alert was sounded in India's financial capital Mumbai after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) received an email threatening a terrorist attack in the city.

Police on 3 February 2023 said that the email was received a day earlier. The threatening communication said that a person linked to the Taliban would carry out an "attack" in Mumbai.

The email address from which the threat was sent had the letters "CIA" in it. CIA is the spy agency of the United States of America.

Mumbai police and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) were put on alert after the email was received. An investigation has also been launched into the origins of the email.

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A similar mail was sent to the federal agency last month as well. The police conducted a probe and did not find any substance in it, he said. The police suspect this might be a mischief, as such mails were sent to the probe agency earlier as well, the official added.

(With PTI inputs)