Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Madan Rathore has received a death threat over phone from an unidentified person on Friday. The accused was arrested some hours later from Anupgarh and has been found to be mentally unstable.
Earlier, Rathore lodged a police complaint in Delhi and also informed the Rajasthan DGP and chief secretary about the threat call.
Rathore, who is presently in the national capital to attend the Parliament session said the caller first abused him and then threatened to kill him. Based on his complaint, a case was registered at Parliament Street police station and investigations have been launched.
He wrote a letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner, complaining that during a public hearing on Friday morning, he received a call on his mobile from an unknown number. The caller insulted him and threatened to kill him, Rathore complained. Rathore has also informed the DGP and chief secretary of Rajasthan about the incident.
Following his complaint, Delhi's Parliament Street police station initiated a probe and examined the details of the phone number from which the threat call was received. Initially, it came to light that the threat call came from Bihar but later it was found that the call was made by a man from Anupgarh.
Police arrested the accused, identified as Hetram Mangalav, a resident of Chak area of Anupgarh.
SHO Anil Kumar said preliminary probe has revealed that the accused is mentally unstable and is being questioned in the presence of SP Ramesh Maurya and DYSP Prashant Kaushik at Anupgarh police station. Some documents have been recovered from him and are being examined, he added.
It has been revealed that the accused possesses an old VVIP pass for entry into Parliament House during 1993 to 1995. This apart, a pass of the Congress Sankalp rally that was held in Bikaner has also been recovered. The phone number from which the accused called the BJP president is registered in his son's name.
Further investigations are underway, Kumar added.
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