Security Beefed Up At Mukesh Ambani's Residence Antilia, Taxi Driver Alerts Mumbai Police About Suspicious Passengers

One of them also had a bag in his hand. The police department took this call very seriously and increased security in the area and put up a blockade.

Mukesh Ambani's home in Mumbai. (File Photo)

New Delhi: Mumbai Police has beefed up security near the country's richest man Mukesh Ambani's house. A taxi driver told the police that two people were asking him the location of Antilia, ANI reported.

As per the inputs, one of them also had a bag in his hand. The police department took this call very seriously and increased security in the area and put up a blockade.

We received a call from a taxi driver that 2 people carrying a bag asked for Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia; recording his statement. DCP level rank officer monitoring the situation. Security heightened outside Antilia; CCTV footage also being checked: Mumbai Police

— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2021

The 27-storey high house 'Antilia' in Mumbai was built in 400,000 square feet and Mukesh Ambani lives here with his family.

According to the driver, a bearded man had asked him the address of Antilia. As per the inputs, the suspicious persons who asked the address came from a silver-coloured Wagon R car, their beard was big and both were talking in Urdu and they had bags.

The police have called for CCTV footage of that area and have put up a blockade all around.

The police contacted the RTO to collect information about the number of the car, but the information of this number is not available. The team of Mumbai Police has started investigating this entire matter and is seeking more information from the driver. The DCP and other senior officers are also monitoring the matter.

On February 25, 2021, 20 gelatin sticks were recovered from a car outside Antilia. A note was also recovered from inside the car, in which Mukesh Ambani and his wife Neeta were threatened.

The car belonged to a man named Mansukh Hiren, who had filed a car theft report a week before the incident. Mansukh Hiren was found dead a week later. Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waje was arrested in the case.

(With inputs from ANI)