Karnataka DIG Prison receives threat calls to blow up Belagavi, Bangalore prisons, his residential quarters

Police have launched an investigation into the threat calls that were made to DIG Prison. The caller threatened to blow up Belagavi Hindalaga Central Jail, Bangalore Jail and the DIG's residential quarters.

Belagavi: The Karnataka Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) received calls threatening to blow up two prisons and his residential quarters on Sunday. The caller claimed to be close to gangster Bannanje Raje.

DIG Prisons (North Zone) TP Sesha has registered a case at Belagavi Rural Police Station today. In his complaint, Sesha stated that he got a call from an anonymous person who threatened to plant bombs at Belagavi Hindalaga Central Jail, Bangalore Jail and the residential quarters.

According to the police, the calls were made from three numbers on October 8. In the first call, the man claimed that he had connections with senior officials of the Belagavi Hindalaga Central Jail and threatened to create a ruckus inside the jail wherein the prison officials would be attacked. In the next two calls, the man threatened that he would get the Bangalore Jail and the DIG's residential quarters exploded.

The caller also claimed that he had helped the gangster Bannanje Raja when he was in jail and had good connections with him. The DIG stated that the caller may try to issue similar threats to some of the prison officials and demanded action against him. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the calls were made from the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Earlier, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari received similar threat calls on January 14 and March 21 at his Nagpur office in Maharashtra. The caller had threatened to blow up the minister's office and demanded a ransom of Rs 10 crore. Later, it was found that the call was made from Hindalaga prison by a prisoner named Jayesh Poojari.