Inside the Ambanis’ latest security nightmare: an unknown caller rang a Reliance Industries hospital 9 times in 2 hours to threaten Mukesh’s life – now India’s richest are once more on high alert

Aug 19 , 2022

The Ambani family live a life of ultimate luxury – but not everyone is happy about it. Photo: @mukeshh.ambani/Instagram

It hasn’t been that long since Mukesh and Nita Ambani’s Mumbai home, Antilia, became the target of a bomb threat, so is their controversial Z+ security enough to keep them safe?

Mumbai police said they have arrested a 56 year old man, Vishnu Vidhu Bhaumik, who even mentioned family patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani in his angry calls to the hospital

In the space of just 18 months, the mega wealthy Ambani family have come under attack not once, but twice. First it was a bomb threat that turned out to be a full blown plot to kill the family, and now the Ambanis find themselves on high alert again after several threatening phone calls.

As a result, India’s richest clan – Mukesh, Nita, Isha, Akash and Anant Ambani – are once more being forced to deploy extra security to ensure their safety, according to Mint.

Mukesh Ambani has a net worth of over US$100 billion, and his family are often photographed enjoying lavish parties and events. Photo: @nitaambaniii/Instagram

Although Indian police seem confident they have caught the man responsible for the latest threats, the incident has once more raised eyebrows around the risks associated with the family, who don’t shy away from the spotlight.

Here’s what you need to know.

What just happened to the Ambanis?

Rolling with Mukesh Ambani comes at a price: Mukesh and Nita Ambani with their son Anant Ambani and his fiancée Radhika Merchant. Photo: @radhikamerchantfc/Instagram

Multiple Indian media outlets are reporting that an anonymous caller made up to nine phone calls threatening Mukesh and his family earlier this week. Mumbai police confirmed that it was a man who made the threats, including a warning that he would kill. He reportedly used a landline number at the Reliance Foundation Hospital in the capital. The calls were made in quick succession on August 15 between 10:39am and 12:04pm. A man was later arrested.

So who is the mystery caller?

Mumbai police stated that the man had used multiple names when making the calls, one of them being Afzal Guru, a notorious Kashmiri separatist who was hanged in February. Police later identified the culprit as Vishnu Vidhu Bhaumik. According to Indian Express, Bhaumik, 56, is a jeweller, and he called the helpline number at the hospital to make the threats. Hindustan Times reported that he hadn’t realised Afzal Guru was dead when he made the calls.

Family patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani, pictured here with his sons Mukesh and Anil Ambani, was also inexplicably mentioned in the threatening phone calls. Photo: @nita_ambani77/ Instagram

He apparently also threatened the call operator and referenced the late Dhirubhai Ambani, the patriarch of the Ambani family and founder of Reliance Industries.