NOIDA: A Noida resident has been arrested for allegedly sending a hoax risk message to Mumbai Policeclaiming that 14 terrorists had entered the town with explosives. Officers mentioned the accused sought after to border a person who had filed a case towards him and sought revenge.The accused, known as Ashwani Kumar (51), a local of Patna, Bihar, were dwelling in a housing society in Noida’s Sector 79 for the previous 5 years. He posed as an astrologer and vastu knowledgeable, in step with officers.Police mentioned the threatening message, gained by means of Mumbai Police on Thursday, was once traced to Noida. Following this, Sector 113 police introduced an operation and arrested Kumar inside hours.Kumar was once arrested from Sector 79 and later passed over to the Mumbai Police, further deputy commissioner of police (Noida) Sumit Shukla mentioned.All over interrogation, investigators mentioned Kumar confessed to sending the hoax message out of private vendetta.“He sought after to take revenge from a chum who had filed a case towards him in Patna in 2023, through which he was once jailed for 3 months. To settle ratings, Kumar despatched the risk message to the Mumbai Police the usage of his (good friend’s) identify,” the officer mentioned.Mumbai Police went on top alert Thursday after a WhatsApp message claimed that 14 terrorists had entered the town with 400 kg of RDX planted in 34 automobiles, simply days prior to the Anant Chaturthi celebrations, which draw lakhs of devotees around the town.The risk, despatched to the visitors police’s helpline, cited the identify of a bunch referred to as ‘Lashkar-e-Jihadi’. A case was once registered at Worli police station below provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.(With inputs from company)