The accused's whereabouts are being tracked by police. Investigative work on the situation is ongoing.
Digital Desk: On Tuesday, police said that Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road and Transport, had received a threat by landline at his official residence on Motilal Nehru Road in New Delhi.
The accused's whereabouts are being tracked by police. Investigative work on the situation is ongoing.
"Union minister Nitin Gadkari received a death threat over the phone Friday night at his Delhi home. The matter is currently being investigated by police, since Delhi Police were notified by the minister's office, according to a tweet from ANI.
The cops allegedly checked the phone records immediately after that. Security personnel are reportedly keeping a close eye on the minister's home.
3 threat calls in 5 months: On January 14, a threat call mentioning mafia don Dawood Ibrahim was received by Gadkari's public relations office in Nagpur, Maharashtra. In one and a half hours, the caller made three calls and threatened and demanded Rs. 100 crore. The threat caller's phone number was tracked by the Nagpur police to a jail in Belagavi, Karnataka. The person who made the threat went by the name Jayesh Pujari, also known as Jayesh Kantha.
On March 21, Nitin received a new phone threat. The Nagpur office was contacted. The defendant claimed to be Jayesh Pujara. Unlike before, the caller sought Rs 10 crore. The phone number of a woman who works in event management was tracked down. Jayesh Pujara was incarcerated alongside the girl's companion.
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