Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ office was hit with a chilling death threat on Friday, rattling the Mumbai Traffic Police who received the menacing message via WhatsApp. Sent from a Pakistani number at around 11:45 AM IST, the sender—claiming to be Malik Shahbaz Humayun Raja Dev—warned of an attack, sparking an immediate probe by Worli Police.

The threat, landing just weeks after Fadnavis took the CM’s chair on December 5, 2024, follows a pattern—Deputy CM Eknath Shinde copped an email threat days earlier on February 20. Mumbai Police have slapped a case on the unknown sender and jacked up security around Fadnavis, his office, and key government hubs. “We’re tracing the source and weighing its credibility,” a police source said.

This isn’t Fadnavis’ first brush with danger. In 2024, Mumbai Police nabbed Yogesh Sawant and Kinchak Navle for a social media death threat over a YouTube rant, while a 2018 Maoist letter vowed revenge for Gadchiroli ops. The CM, unfazed, carried on with business as usual. With investigations in high gear, cops are scrambling to pin down the Pakistani link.