Threat email to Moose Wala's father: Arrested accused did so to gain Insta followers, says Punjab police

According to sources, Mansa police traced the unknown accused to Rajasthan. A police team from Mansa, however, arrested the accused from Delhi.

Mansa (Punjab):Police in Punjab's Mansa registered an FIR and arrested one person after Balkaur Singh Sidhu, father of late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala received death threats through email. According to sources, Mansa police traced the unknown accused to Rajasthan. A police team from Mansa, however, arrested the accused from Delhi.

"A threat email was received by Sidhu Moose Wala's father. We took immediate action and arrested the accused from Delhi. He had sent the threat email with the aim to gain followers on his Instagram account," SSP Mansa, Gaurav Toora said. Balkaur received a threatening email recently which said that if he did not stop raising his voice against the gangsters, he would be killed just like his son.

Balkour on Tuesday submitted a written complaint to the Mansa police, claiming that a threat email was sent to him for extortion purposes, due to which his “life was in extreme danger”.