Engineer Arrested Over Bomb Threat at Ambani Wedding

A 25-year-old IT engineer named Viral Ashra was arrested by Mumbai police in Vadodara, Gujarat, over a social media post hinting at a bomb threat during Anant Ambani's wedding. The authorities heightened security and launched an investigation tracing the suspect to Gujarat.

A 25-year-old IT engineer from Vadodara, Gujarat, was arrested by Mumbai police on Tuesday following a provocative social media post about a potential bomb explosion at Anant Ambani's wedding, according to an official statement.

The suspect, identified as Viral Ashra, was apprehended by the Mumbai police's crime branch at his Vadodara residence this morning. The arrest followed an alarming post by an X user @ffsfir, who speculated about a catastrophic event at the Ambani wedding, prompting heightened security measures and an investigation.

The wedding of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai saw a significant security presence due to this threat. During the probe, authorities tracked the X user to Vadodara, leading to Ashra's arrest and his subsequent transfer to Mumbai for court proceedings.