Tight security outside Antilia, the Ambani residence, on Friday
MUMBAI: Police said the 20 explosive gelatin sticks found in the vehicle near the Ambani reaidence weighed 2.5kg and had the potential for an impact that could have been felt over an area of 3,000sqft.
Police said another vehicle, an Innova, was tailing the SUV from Thane to Carmichael Road, where Ambani s bungalow Antilia is located. The Innova had a fake registration number and is yet to be traced.
The Scorpio owned by the Thane businessman was stolen on February 17 from the Mulund-Airoli route where it was parked due to a snag. Police said the gelatin sticks found in the vehicle were manufactured by a Nagpur company named Solar Industries, but the firm has no system of tracking individual explosive cartridges. A sports bag bearing the Mumbai Indian logo was also found in the vehicle.
MUMBAI: The crime branch, which is probing the case of an explosives-laden vehicle found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence, has not ruled out a terror angle.
Mumbai joint CP (crime) Milind Bharambe said police are probing all aspects, including the possibility of a terror plot. The National Investigation Agency has joined the probe and recorded the statement of a businessman Hiren Mansukh, who owned the stolen vehicle which was found with gelatin sticks and a threatening note. Bharambe said they are scanning CCTV footage of the past one or two weeks in case the suspects had done a recce.
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
‘Privileged social segment keeps others out of the mainstream … You can join them only if you accept their hegemony’ January 31, 2021, 8:47 PM IST
A selection of interviews that appear in TOI.
Maharashtra has been the crucible of movements which have sought to change the prevailing social system. By extension, the Marathi literary world has been an area where such struggles have played out.
Yashwant Manohar
, the veteran Marathi poet from Nagpur, recently refused a lifetime award by the century old Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh (VSS). He objected to the VSS practice of having an idol of Goddess Saraswati for such functions. The decision stirred controversy. Manohar, who had unsuccessfully contested the 2009 general election on a Republican Party of India ticket, explained his stand to