As per police, the accused who was collecting funds in the name of a madrasa outside, made the hoax call after he was denied permission to sleep in the mosque.
According to the NIA, the accused had been instructed by their ISIS handler based abroad to pursue robotics courses and gain skills in order to carry out future terrorist attacks in the direction of the Islamic State agenda for India.
Reportedly, BWSSB officials said that the increased power tariff will cost the department an additional Rs 10-12 crore per month. This burden, however, is likely to be passed on to customers.
The Congress Minister admitted that infrastructure development in the state would be affected to some extent during the first year of the Congress government in office.