More than nine months after the recovery of a Gelatin sticks’ laden Scorpio and a threatening letter inside a vehicle on Carmichael Road, the Mumbai Police on Monday once again beefed up security in and around Mukesh Ambani’s residence “Antilia” after a taxi driver sounded them about the possibility of a fresh threat to the industrialist and his family.
The police tightened the security around Mukesh Ambani’s 27-storey residence “Antilia” on Carmichael Road in south Mumbai, after a taxi driver informed the city police control room that two persons in a tourist car asked him the address of Antilia.
Informed police sources said that around 1 pm, two people travelling in a WagonR car with tourist number plate asked the address of Antilia outside Esplanade court. Having found their conduct suspicious, the taxi driver dialled the police control room and alerted the police. Among other things, he told the police that he found a few bags inside the car.
Not wanting to take any chances, the police increased the security around “Antilia as a precautionary measure.
“Immediately afterwards, we tried to trace the tourist car but it is yet to be traced. The tourist car number provided by the taxi driver proved to be incorrect. We are scrutinising the CCTV footage along the road in front of Esplanade Court,” a senior official said.
Meanwhile, the taxi driver was taken to the Azad Maidan police station for recording his statement.
It may be recalled that on February 25, a Gelatin sticks’ laden Scorpio and a threatening letter inside the vehicle, in the vicinity of Ambani’s 27-storey residence “Antilia”.