Phone call threatening to blow up Fadnavis’ Dharampeth residence
   Date :29-Mar-2023

Fadnavis Dharampeth residence 
 
 
Special Correspondent
CITY Police went into a tizzy in the small hours of Tuesday after receiving a phone call, threatening to blow up Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s house in Dharampeth with a bomb. The Police Control Room received the call at around 2 am that a bomb was planted in front of Dharampeth residence of Fadnavis. The call was then abruptly disconnected. The Control Room Officer (CRO) immediately flashed the information on wireless to senior police officials and also alerted the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and Sitabuldi Police. Using sniffer dogs, the BDDS searched the Deputy Chief Minister’s residential premises and adjoining places but no explosive device was found. Simultaneously, another police team traced the phone number and nabbed the caller. The caller was taken into custody. Identified as Kundan Gautam Hire, the accused is a resident of Gawlipura, Kamptee.
During questioning, the accused caller told investigators that he made the call as he was aggrieved by frequent unscheduled power outages in his residential area. Speaking to mediapersons, Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said that, the detained caller was being quizzed by investigators. Prima facie, he said that the accused made the call as he was aggrieved by frequent power cuts in his locality. However, police were investigating the matter from all possible angles.