Mumbai: Wi-Fi Named ‘Lashkar-e-Taliban’ Panics Kalyan Residents, Miscreant Says 'Did it Just For Fun’

Mumbai, February 18: A man in Mumbai's Kalyan area landed in trouble for naming his Wi-Fi log-in connection after a terror outfit, sending locals into a tizzy. Reports inform that the man, in his 20s, named his Wi-Fi as ‘Lashkar-E- Taliban’ and learnt a lesson for life after the police nabbed and questioned him for hours. According to a report by TOI, the incident came to light on Sunday after a resident at Amrut Heaven Complex in Kalyan's Khadakpada locality found the unusual name while searching for Wi-Fi networks. The report informs that people in the society were panicked by the name as fear has already gripped the nation following a deadly terror attack in Pulwama in the last week. Wifi India Summit 2019 Deliberates on Business Vase for Public WiFi.

As soon as the resident found the Wi-Fi connection named ‘Lashkar-E- Taliban’, he quickly alerted the members of the society by sending a message on the housing society’s social media group. Following this, the word spread, and Police was alerted about the same. After the police reached the spot, they traced the man from a building in the neighbourhood. Free WiFi at 400 Indian Railway Stations by Google: Users Consume 350 MB of Data Per Session.

Senior inspector of Khadakpada police station, Balasaheb Kadam was quoted in the TOI report saying that the young man was summoned to the police station and questioned. During interrogation, he said he chose the Wi-Fi connection name as Lashkar-E- Taliban ‘just for fun’. Reports inform that the Police then allowed the youth to leave with a stern warning that he would change the Wi-Fi name as soon as possible and not commit the same mistake again.

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