A teenager was arrested on Saturday in Mumbai by police for allegedly sending multiple threatening emails to industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
Reports identified the accused youth as 19-year-old from Telangana who arrested by the Gamdevi police in Mumbai.
The police identified the accused as Ganesh Ramesh Vanpardhi and said he has been remanded in police custody till November 8, IE reported.
In the last week, Ambani had received five emails where the sender demanded money from him and threatened to kill him, the police said.
“It appears that it is mischief committed by some teenagers. Our investigation is underway and we will try to get to the root of the matter,” a senior Mumbai police official said, confirming the development.
The first email allegedly sent on October 27 by one Shadab Khan reads, “If you (Ambani) do not give us Rs 20 crore, we will kill you, we have the best shooters in India.”
Subsequently, the chairman and MD of Reliance Industries received another email, in which the sender alleged that as they had failed to act upon the first email, they wanted Rs 200 crore. “If the demands are not fulfilled, a death warrant will be issued (to Ambani),” the second email reads.
On Monday, it was reported that the extortionist had sent a third email to Ambani’s official email id demanding Rs 400 crore. He then received two more such emails, on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The police said they scrutinised the IP addresses of the emails and traced the accused to Telangana. The police are not trying to ascertain if more people were involved in the crime.
