Youth arrested for hoax tweet on bomb blasts in Mumbai
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Banwari Singh mentioned in a tweet, explosions would happen in seven multiplexes the place Hindi movie Madam Chief Minister was screened.
Mumbai Police have arrested a 19- year-old youth from Haryana for allegedly posting a tweet about bomb blasts at some multiplexes in town which later turned out to be a hoax, a police official mentioned on Monday.
The accused, recognized as Banwari Singh, had additionally tagged the Mumbai Police and their commissioner in his tweet posted on January 22.
The youth, in his publish from a Twitter deal with named ‘Commando Singh’, mentioned explosions would happen in seven multiplexes the place Hindi movie Madam Chief Minister was screened in suburban Malad and Andheri, and Vasai in neighbouring Palghar district.
After the police got here to know in regards to the message, they carried out checks at varied multiplexes and later declared it as a hoax tweet, the official mentioned.
In the meantime, the accused deleted the tweet.
The police right here registered a case and their cyber cell began a search for Singh, who was nabbed from Haryana final week, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber) Rashmi Karandikar mentioned.
The police additionally seized a cell phone from which Singh had tweeted the message, one other official mentioned.
The accused has been booked underneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, he added.
