Scolded by dad for drinking habit, 22-year-old makes bomb hoax call
ATS is looking for Thane man who said a bomb was planted at Metro Cinema in Dhobi Talao.
A phone call about a bomb being planted at the Metro Cinema in Dhobi Talao sent threw the state Anti-Terrorism Squad into a tizzy on Tuesday evening. No explosives were recovered, and within hours of the call, the police found that the number belonged to a 50-year-old man in Thane.
The man told the police that the call must have been made by his disgruntled 22-year-old son, who had been missing since Tuesday evening, after he pulled him up for his alcohol addiction. The ATS is looking for the man, Deepak Verma, a college dropout who the police believe wanted to teach his father a lesson.
The police said that Verma came home drunk, after which his parents confronted him. Following an argument, his parents stepped out of the home. “Verma left home on Tuesday midnight. His friends and relatives have no clue about his whereabouts,” an officer said.
A phone call about a bomb being planted at the Metro Cinema in Dhobi Talao sent threw the state Anti-Terrorism Squad into a tizzy on Tuesday evening. No explosives were recovered, and within hours of the call, the police found that the number belonged to a 50-year-old man in Thane.
The man told the police that the call must have been made by his disgruntled 22-year-old son, who had been missing since Tuesday evening, after he pulled him up for his alcohol addiction. The ATS is looking for the man, Deepak Verma, a college dropout who the police believe wanted to teach his father a lesson.
An officer the state ATS said, “The police control room received a call on Tuesday evening, and the caller repeatedly said that the Metro Cinema would be blown up. The ATS was alerted and the phone was switched off when we tried calling. The number was traced to a man in Thane, who told us about his son.”
The police said that Verma came home drunk, after which his parents confronted him. Following an argument, his parents stepped out of the home. “Verma left home on Tuesday midnight. His friends and relatives have no clue about his whereabouts,” an officer said.
