Man arrested for hoax tweet on blasts in Mumbai

Mumbai Police have arrested a 19- year-old man from Haryana for allegedly posting a tweet about bomb blasts at some multiplexes in the city which later turned out to be a hoax, a police official said on Monday.

The accused, identified as Banwari Singh, had also tagged the Mumbai Police and their commissioner in his tweet posted on January 22, he said.

The man, in his post from a Twitter handle, named ''Commando Singh'', said explosions would take place in seven multiplexes where Hindi film "Madam Chief Minister" was screened in suburban Malad and Andheri, and Vasai in neighbouring Palghar district. After the police came to know about the message, they carried out checks at various multiplexes and later declared it as a hoax tweet, the official said.