The Navi Mumbai Police called off their search for a group of suspicious men in Borinaka near the Uran Naval base after discovering that a 12-year-old girl had played a prank “for some thrill.”
However, the schoolgirl was let off with a warning and a little bit of advice on the consequences of such pranks. Sources from the intelligence agency said that her account of having spotted the “suspicious looking men” in pathani suits was given credibility only after a few other students at the school confirmed that they had spotted the men.
The 12-year-old was the first one to report that she had spotted Pathan suit-clad men speaking in a different language and carrying what looked like weapons” in Uran. A huge search operation was launched by the Navy, National Security Guard, Coast Guard and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad that lasted for a week.
However, the student changed her statement during the second round of questioning that took place a couple of days after Uran was put on high alert and search operations were underway. The girl said that she had seen pictures of terrorists belonging to the Islamic State group wearing black clothes and carrying weapons that prompted her to report the matter “for some thrill.”