Overview
- A call received by the Mumbai Police control room claiming the Red Fort "would be blown up" led Delhi teams to carry out an extensive search that North District police declared a hoax after finding no explosives on July 11.
- A late-night anonymous call to the Navi Mumbai control room saying the Taj Mahal Palace had a bomb triggered a full sweep by Colaba Police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad that found nothing and was declared a hoax in the early hours of July 12.
- Technical tracing and cyber-forensic work have begun to locate the callers, with the Taj threat traced to the Turbhe area of Navi Mumbai and police identifying the mobile number used for further action.
- Police say security measures put in place after an earlier IED blast near Red Fort—more CCTV, facial-recognition patrols, doubled on-post personnel and BDDS deployments—remain active as agencies coordinate investigations across jurisdictions.
- Officials warn the repeated hoax calls place recurring operational strain on police and public sites and say legal action will follow once suspects are identified while authorities continue to use digital forensics to deter future threats.