India, Sept. 6 -- The traffic police helpline and the police control room received threatening calls and messages claiming that 34 cars carrying human bombs will be used to detonate 400kg of RDX, explosive material, on Anant Chaturdashi. The alleged threats claim to target 10 million people on a day when massive crowds gather on streets and beaches to bid farewell to ganapati idols which are immersed either in the sea or in artificial ponds.

The threatening calls and messages claimed to originate from an organisation called Lashkar-e-Jihadi, and added that 14 Pakistani terrorists have entered the city. Police officers responded that city residents need not panic since robust security arrangements have been put in place.

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