Lucknow: Security beefed up on Friday after the police received the information that a bomb was planted near UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence in Lucknow. Security personnel have been deployed near his residence on Kalidas Marg subsequently, an anti-bomb squad has also rushed to the spot while the police have launched an investigation. Lucknow DCP Central said that they received the information that a bomb was planted at the residence of the UP CM. Immediately, the police rushed to the spot and launched a combing operation in the area.
It may be recalled that Adityanath had earlier received death threats from an unknown Twitter user, who also threatened to blow up the CM's cavalcade with a bomb and claimed that explosives had been planted in several areas. The Twitter user 'Lady Done' (@ladydone3) had said that bombs had been planted to blow up the Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow, railway and bus stations. The next tweet said that one Sulaiman Bhai has planted a bomb in Gorakhnath Math. After an hour, a tweet from the same handle warned about a blast at Meerut CDA Army Cantt adding that one Furqan Bhai has planted bombs at 10 places in Meerut.