The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has received an email claiming that a person linked to the Taliban will carry out an “attack” in Mumbai, police said on Friday.
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The probe agency’s Mumbai office received the threat mail on Thursday, following which the city police and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) were alerted, an official said.
According to the police, the email address used to send the threat message had “CIA” in it and the sender claimed that a person connected with the Taliban would carry out an attack in the city.