The Reserve Bank of India has received a threatening email claiming that an improvised explosive device (IED) has been planted in its building in south Mumbai, a police official said on Friday.
The message was sent to the RBI governor’s official email address on Thursday after which central bank officials alerted the police. The sender has not been identified, the official said.
He said that the police are searching the premises and so far no suspicious items have been found.
In the email, written in Russian, the sender claimed that an IED had been placed in the building and would be activated remotely within five days, the official said.
The sender also asked the RBI governor to join the “Brotherhood movement for Ukraine”.
A case has been registered at the Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Marg police station in south Mumbai, the official said, adding that investigations are underway.
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