Inspired by the movie, “A Wednesday” a minor in Ghaziabad threatened to rock the city by planting bombs on January 26, 2019, Republic Day , said police on Sunday.
The police said that on January 24 evening and also on January 25 morning, ‘UP 100’ received a threatening call on its internet portal.
The caller gave a threat that he will plant bombs in several strategic locations in Kavi Nagar Police Station area and blast them simultaneously.
The threat being grave in nature, the police registered a case and initiated an investigation.
During investigation, it was found that the call had been made from a laptop internet portal connected to a Wifi from Hans Apartments, Radiant School, in RK Puram, falling under Kavi Nagar Police Station area of this city.
The investigation officer who quickly solved the mystery, found a minor involved in the crime.
To mislead the police, the accused who posted the threat gave the mobile number of a family friend on the portal. But during interrogation, he cracked and confessed to the crime.
However, as the local residents collectively requested the police to be lenient, the police released the child with a warning.
Earlier, the UP 100 received a threatening call on which basis police solved the mystery in which the caller posted threat to blow up several important places in Kavi Nagar Police Station area of Ghaziabad, under whose jurisdiction many central Government offices fall.
“Though the case was solved on the very first day itself, seeing the gravity, it was documented” said SP City Shlok Kumar.