Mumbai: Man sets cops on ‘childhood friend’ with terror claim

Updated On: 23 August, 2023 07:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan

The friend, an IIT-B graduate who works in London, tells cops it might be a case of ‘academic jealousy’

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The Mumbai crime branch is trying to trace the location of the caller’s number. Representation pic

Around 1.30 am on Monday, the control room of the Pune police received a call from a United States number. The caller, Arth Panchal, claimed that one Harsh Zaveri who works at a private company in Worli was involved in terrorist activities. The Mumbai police’s crime branch was alerted and cops launched an investigation. They visited the Worli office and learned that Zaveri, an IIT-B graduate, had moved to London, where he works for a prominent software firm, sources told mid-day.

Jealousy

“Upon contacting Zaveri, he disclosed that Panchal is his friend from school in Gujarat, and they were still in touch, but he was unaware of the motive behind the call. Zaveri suggested that Panchal`s actions might have stemmed from academic jealousy, as he claimed to have excelled since school,” one of the officers from the crime branch said.

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