Mumbai Threat Email Names Bachchan and Diljit, Targets School and Civic Offices; Police Find Nothing Suspiciousਮੁੰਬਈ ਧਮਕੀ ਭਰੀ ਈਮੇਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੱਚਨ ਅਤੇ ਦਿਲਜੀਤ ਦਾ ਨਾਂ, ਸਕੂਲ ਅਤੇ ਨਗਰ ਨਿਗਮ ਦਫ਼ਤਰ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨੇ ਉੱਤੇ; ਪੁਲਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਕੁਝ ਸ਼ੱਕੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਮਿਲਿਆ

A threatening email set off security checks across Mumbai on Friday, after it named Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh and claimed attacks were planned at a school, at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and at the mayor's office. Mumbai Police said searches were carried out at the places named and nothing suspicious was found. The police are treating the message as a threat claim that still has to be traced and verified, and an investigation is under way to find the sender.

What the email claimed

According to Hindustan Times, the email reached the office of Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde at about 11.30 am on Friday. Police said an outfit calling itself the Khalistan National Army claimed responsibility for the threat in the message. The email reportedly threatened the mayor's office at 3 pm and schools at 1 pm, and named Bachchan's Juhu bungalow Jalsa in connection with dates between October 31 and November 27. Dosanjh's name was linked in the email to his concert scheduled at Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse on November 27, part of his India tour. NDTV reported separately that an American school in the Bandra-Kurla Complex received a threatening email and that the BMC received a similar email earlier in the day, and that the message mentioned Bachchan, several other celebrities and a case linked to Punjab. These are claims made inside the email, as reported by the police and the outlets; none of them has been established as real.

What the police did

Deputy Commissioner of Police Manish Kalwaniya of Zone 1 said officers carried out checks at the BMC office and found nothing suspicious. Police teams also searched the other premises named in the message. Mumbai Police said they are trying to trace the sender of the email. According to Hindustan Times, police suspect the name used in the email could be the same one behind a series of hoax threat emails sent over the past few months. NDTV reported that a similar email was received at the Mumbai Press Club in March, in which the sender claimed that small bombs filled with poisonous gas had been planted in the building; an official said that message, too, did not lead to anything being found.

Why Diljit Dosanjh's name matters in this

The threat surfaced on the same day Dosanjh's Delhi concert was cleared by Delhi Police after permission had first been withheld over security inputs. The singer is in the middle of the India leg of his Aura tour, with a large stadium show in Delhi on October 30 and the Mumbai date on November 27 that the email named. Police have not linked the Mumbai email to any specific person or group beyond the name signed in the message itself, and they have not said the concerts face any change of plan. Readers should treat the contents of the email as an unverified claim by an unknown sender, which is how the police are handling it.

What happens next

The immediate checks are complete and nothing suspicious was found at the places searched, police said. The work now is technical: tracing the email's origin and identifying who sent it. Hoax threat emails of this kind have repeatedly disrupted schools and public offices in Mumbai in recent months, and each one still triggers a full search because the police cannot dismiss a threat without checking. Anyone with information has been asked to approach the Mumbai Police through its usual channels.

Who was named in the Mumbai threat email?

Reports named Amitabh Bachchan and Diljit Dosanjh. NDTV said the email also mentioned several other celebrities, who were not named, and referred to a case linked to Punjab.

Did the police find anything suspicious?

No. DCP Manish Kalwaniya said checks at the BMC office found nothing suspicious, and police searches at the other named places also found nothing.

Who claimed to have sent the threat?

Police said the email was signed in the name of an outfit calling itself the Khalistan National Army. Police suspect it may be linked to earlier hoax threat emails, and they are tracing the sender.

Are Diljit Dosanjh's concerts affected?

Police have announced no change. His Delhi concert on October 30 was cleared by Delhi Police on Friday, and the Mumbai concert named in the email is scheduled for November 27.