MP: Man held for making hoax call to Mumbai Police about terror attack

A man was arrested in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday for falsely reporting a terror attack to Mumbai Police.

Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested a man for allegedly making a call to the Mumbai Police control room about a terror attack, which later turned out to be a hoax, an official said on Sunday.

Jitesh Thakur (35) was arrested here on Saturday on the basis of a mobile number shared by the Maharashtra Police, Jabalpur’s Additional Superintendent of Police Gopal Khandel told PTI.