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Mumbai police search for the person who allegedly threatened to join ISIS

News Agencies | Updated on: 13 February 2017, 3:34 IST

Mumbai Police has launched a search operation for a person who had allegedly threatened to join the terror outfit ISIS if the hanging of Yakub Memon 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict, was not stopped.





The threat was posted on Facebook page, a source from the crime branch said.This came to light a couple of days ago when a social media user informed police about the post on the popular social networking site, he added.





Crime branch has been successful in tracing the Internet Protocol address from where the comment was posted, he said, adding that the Cyber cell is probing the case.





Police declined to divulge further details of the case. Yakub Memon, the lone 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict, was hanged on July 30 at the Nagpur Central jail.


-PTI

First published: 7 August 2015, 11:10 IST