• Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani gets death threat, told to pay Rs 20 crore

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    Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani gets death threat, told to pay Rs 20 crore
    Gamdevi police in Mumbai have filed a case against the unidentified individual...

    Digital Desk: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani received an email threatening his life, authorities stated.  In an e-mail sent to the ID of Mukesh Ambani's company by an unknown person, it said the billionaire should pay Rs 20 crore or else he would be killed.

    The e-mail read, "We'll kill you if you don't pay us Rs 20 crore. We have the best shooters in India."

    Gamdevi police in Mumbai have filed a case against the unidentified individual under sections 387 (putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt to commit extortion) and 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in response to the complaint of Mukesh Ambani's security in-charge.

    An investigation into the matter has been started by the police.

    Mukesh Ambani has earlier been the target of death threats.

    Last year, a man from Bihar's Darbhanga was apprehended after he called Mukesh Ambani and his family with death threats. The accused, identified as Rakesh Kumar Mishra. He had even threatened to blow up the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai and his family.

    Outside Mukesh Ambani's Antilia home in south Mumbai, a Scorpio car containing 20 explosive gelatin sticks and a threat letter was discovered in 2021. "Yeh sirf trailer hai," the letter said. (This is only a trailer)."