Mukesh and Nita Ambani’s shocking security scare: the bomb in the car, the body in the water and the threatening letter – is the wealthy family’s US$260,000 a year security enough to keep them safe?

India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani and his family are no strangers to security threats, having recently bumped up their security to receive special government support in the form of armed commandos protecting them 24/7. After all, when you’re worth more than US$79.2 billion, you’re going to need the protection. But the past few weeks has seen the Ambani family’s scary reality become public after materials used to make a bomb were planted outside their famous home, Antilia.

On February 25, about 20 gelignite sticks were found in a car parked outside the famous Ambani home in south Mumbai. The house is 27 storeys high and has been labelled one of the most expensive homes in the world. According to Indian Express, gelignite sticks have been used in terror attacks. A ballistics expert told India Today that had the bombs detonated, the blast would have been enough to blow up the car and kill its occupants. But police confirmed it was not an assembled bomb as it did not have a detonator or timer yet. The car caught the attention of Ambani security after its registration number was identical to a Range Rover in Mukesh’s security fleet. The replica number led to the belief that the threat was aimed squarely at the Ambani patriarch.