Mumbai Police on Tuesday said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and two major banks received bomb threats demanding the resignation of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, Mumbai Police said.
The banks received the bomb threat through an email sent to them. The two banks mentioned in the email were ICICI Bank and HDFC.
“A case has been registered and the probe is underway,” said Mumbai Police on the bomb threats.
“We have planted 11 bombs in different locations of Mumbai RBI along with private sector banks have executed the biggest scam in the history of India,” the email read.
“This scam involves RBI Governer ‘Shaktikanta Das’, Finance Minister ‘Nirmala Sitharaman’, some of the top banking officials and some renowned ministers of India we have sufficient solid proof for the same,” the mail added.
After the bomb threats were received, security was tightened in the mentioned areas.