Mumbai Police on Saturday tracked down the youth who recently threatened industrialist and former Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata.
The accused is an MBA graduate and suffers from schizophrenia, ANI reported quoting Mumbai Police. According to police officials, the caller had also asked Mumbai Police to enhance the security of the Tata Group tycoon. The accused warned that if the police failed to do so, it would lead to Ratan Tata meeting the same fate as the former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry.
For the unversed, Mistry died in a car crash on September 4, 2022. The accident occurred on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway 8 near Palghar of Maharashtra while Mistry was travelling with his friends. His car, a Mercedes-Benz GLC, crashed into a road divider.
In response to the threat call, Mumbai Police went into alert mode and created a special team to offer personal security to the industrialist, while another team was assigned to investigate the information about the caller. According to ANI, the police team traced out the caller with technical support.
As per the investigators, the location of the caller was found to be in Karnataka, while the alleged caller’s residence was tracked to Pune. Following the leads, the police authorities reached his Pune residence and got to know that the alleged caller had been missing for the past five days. His wife had even filed a complaint at the Bhosari police station.
In the process of gathering information about the caller, the investigative team questioned the caller’s family and came to know that the accused was suffering from schizophrenia.
The family informed the police that the accused holds an MBA degree in Finance and has a background in engineering as well.
According to ANI, the accused had stolen a mobile phone and made the call to Mumbai Police using that phone. However, Mumbai Police has decided not to take any action against the accused due to his mental health condition.
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
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