The man allegedly threatened to ‘blow up’ UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. File photograph)
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad on Saturday arrested a 25-year-old Mumbai man who allegedly threatened to “blow up” Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The ATS mentioned the suspect was arrested from MHADA Colony within the Chunabhatti suburb of Mumbai.
According to police, within the early hours of Friday, the person allegedly despatched a WhatsApp message to the social media helpline desk at Lucknow police headquarters, following which he mentioned Adityanath was a “threat to a community and he was going to kill him with a bomb”.
Police filed an FIR beneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code and the IT Act.
“Taking note of the seriousness of the threat, the UP Special Task Force started tracing the location of the caller, following which he was located at Chunabhatti in Mumbai,” mentioned an official.
Police mentioned the Kalachowkie unit of the ATS was deployed and the caller was arrested. “He has been handed over to UP STF. The caller will be produced before court for transit remand on Sunday and then taken to UP,” an officer mentioned.
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