Two held for bomb threat to Ram temple, Adityanath; mastermind on run

Uttar Pradesh police arrested two people for a social media post threatening to blow up Ayodhya's Ram Temple and bomb CM Yogi Adityanath and STF Chief Amitabh Yash. The two accused were arrested from Lucknow's Gomti Nagar.

Lucknow:A team of Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force on Wednesday arrested two people for a social media post which threatened to bomb Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, STF Chief Amitabh Yash and blow up Ayodhya's Ram Temple. Police said that the mastermind behind this, identified as Devendra Tiwari, the National President of Bhartiya Kisan Manch and a member of Bharatiya Gau Seva Parishad, is still on the run.

Police said that Tahar Singh and Omprakash Mishra were arrested by a team of Uttar Pradesh's STF from Vibhuti Khan area of Gomti Nagar in Lucknow. Preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested accused, both residents of Gonda, were personal secretaries of Devendra Tiwari. And on Tiwari's directions, they sent the threat email.

SSP STF Vishal Vikram Singh said, "On December 27, Devendra Tiwari registered a complaint stating he received an email threatening to bomb him including the Chief Minister and the STF Chief and blow up Ayodhya's Ram Temple. Following this complaint, we started an investigation. Two people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the emails."

Singh added, "During interrogation, the arrested accused revealed that they worked as personal secretaries of Devendra Tiwari, a resident of Banthra who is a farmer leader and also opened a college named Indian Institute Para Medical Sciences in Alambagh. Tiwari instructed them to send a threat email to him along with others."

SSP said that investigation also threw light that email IDs alamansarikhan608@gmail.com' and zubairkhanisi199@gmail.com' were used to send the threat posts. Tiwari then himself registered a complaint with the police seeking protection and action against the email. Tiwari did this for his political benefits and to highlight his name. A case has been registered against Tiwari and a search is on to nab him, Singh added.

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