Mumbai Police have launched an investigation after they received a WhatsApp message threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The message was received on the helpline of the traffic police on Saturday morning.
Officials said the number from which the message came was traced to Ajmer and a police team has been formed and dispatched to the Rajasthan city to nab the suspect.
The message mentioned two ISI agents and said there was a plot to carry out a bomb blast to target the prime minister.
PTI quoted an official as saying that the investigators suspect that the sender is a mentally disturbed person or was under the influence of alcohol but further probe was on.
Police have filed a First Information Report under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The prime minister was in the city on Thursday to attend the swearing-in of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his deputies—Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar.
Mumbai Police had recently received two messages threatening to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan. The message threatened to eliminate Khan if he doesn’t apologise to Bishnoi community in the blackbucks case and pay Rs 5 crore.