Two more get 'cash for bomb' calls - Times of India

MEERUT: Within a week of a meat trader getting a mysterious phone call from Iran offering Rs 1 crore to carry out blasts in the city, two more people have approached the police claiming they have got similar cash for terror calls.

Even as the STF and local police were looking for clues into the first matter, Adil, a resident of Inchauli area of the district, has approached police saying he received a call on July 17 with a person offering Rs 1.5 crore to carry out blasts in the Ghantaghar area of the city.

On July 16, Vikas of nearby Baghpat district reported to police that a person calling from abroad offered him Rs 1 crore to carry out blasts in the city, police said.

After the Mumbai blasts, meat trader Hashim Ilahi had approached the police here claiming he received three calls from Iran offering money to carry out blasts in the city. The Meerut police confirmed they were overseas calls.