Mumbai searches mayor’s office after threat email

Mumbai authorities increased security and searched the mayor’s office after a threatening email named the office and other locations as potential targets. An official said the inspection at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters found nothing suspicious. Police are investigating the message’s credibility, origin and sender; its authenticity has not been established. The email was sent to Mayor Ritu Tawde and was also marked to Deputy Mayor Sanjay Ghadi, police said. According to police, it threatened a blast at the mayor’s office and named actor Amitabh Bachchan’s Juhu home, Jalsa, and singer Diljit Dosanjh’s November 27 concert at Mahalaxmi Racecourse. Police said the message warned of a grenade attack on a school on October 31 and threatened Bachchan’s residence during the period from October 31 to November 27. It also claimed there would be an attack during Dosanjh’s concert. These are allegations contained in the email, not verified plans or independently established threats. An official said the email claimed a blast would take place at the mayor’s office at 3:11 p.m. on October 23. Authorities searched the premises after receiving the alert and reported finding...