The Mumbai Police are actively in search of data from the Belgian-based e mail service supplier to hint the sender’s id.
A 19-year-old particular person named Ganesh Ramesh Vanpardh, hailing from Telangana, has been arrested by the Mumbai Police for sending threatening emails to Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). The emails demanded a ransom of Rs 400 crore and conveyed severe penalties if the demand was not met. Vanpardh had been sending a number of threatening emails to Ambani and his household over the previous few months, warning of hurt if they didn’t comply along with his calls for.
The accused, Vanpardh, has been positioned in police custody till November 8, following his courtroom look.
Mukesh Ambani has acquired three such death threats in current months, with the most recent one, once more demanding Rs 400 crore, originating from the identical e mail deal with because the earlier threats and being traced again to Belgium. In response, the Mumbai Police have elevated safety measures round Ambani’s residence, Antilia, situated on Altamount Road. The threats explicitly acknowledged that the police couldn’t observe or arrest the sender, and the safety measures had been described as insufficient.
The Mumbai Police are actively in search of data from the Belgian-based e mail service supplier to hint the sender’s id.
Previously, a person claiming to be Shadab Khan despatched a threatening e mail to Mukesh Ambani, demanding a ransom of Rs 20 crore. This e mail additionally got here from a Belgian company deal with and included threats of hurt if the cash was not paid. A subsequent threat, once more from the identical e mail ID, elevated the ransom to Rs 200 crore.
These developments have raised issues concerning the safety of one in all India’s most distinguished enterprise figures, Mukesh Ambani, who is just not solely Asia’s wealthiest particular person but additionally ranks ninth on the worldwide wealthy checklist. He already advantages from ‘Z’ Plus safety offered by the central authorities, with authorities safety forces forming the first layer of safety and personal guards offering a further safety ring.
