The email also made references to Khalistan and a purported organisation named ‘Khalistan National Army’, the official said.
The latest threat comes weeks after an email sent to Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on October 23 threatened bomb blasts at her office, Bachchan’s residence and the venue of singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert at Mahalaxmi Racecourse on November 27.
The email also made references to Khalistan and a purported organisation named ‘Khalistan National Army’, the official said. Following that threat, a thorough search was conducted at the mayor’s office at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters, but nothing suspicious was found, an official had said. MUMBAI: Authorities in Mumbai were placed on high alert on Thursday morning after an email threatened bomb blasts at multiple locations across the city, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, the mayor’s office, megastar Amitabh Bachchan ’s Juhu bungalow ‘Jalsa’ and a Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch, an official said.
Bachchan had greeted fans from behind bulletproof glass
The fresh threat also comes against the backdrop of heightened attention around security at Bachchan’s Juhu residence. The actor had recently greeted fans from behind a bulletproof glass screen during his customary Sunday appearance outside ‘Jalsa’. The move had drawn questions from state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant, who asked whether a gangster-related threat had prompted the change in security arrangements. His remarks came after actor Tiger Shroff was shot at in Juhu, an attack for which the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had claimed responsibility.