Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 25-year-old man here for allegedly threatening to kill Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
"Kamran Khan, a resident of Chunabhatti in eastern suburbs, was arrested by the Kalachowki unit of ATS," a police official said here on Saturday.
"Uttar Pradesh Polices social media help desk had received a call in the early hours of Friday in which the caller threatened to kill Adityanath in a bomb blast," he said.
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"A case was registered at Gomatinagar Police Station against an unidentified person under IPC section 506 (criminal intimidation)," said Vikram Deshmane, Superintendent of Police, ATS Maharashtra.
"UP police alerted Maharashtra ATS after the call was traced to Mumbai, he said, following which the caller was tracked down and Khan was arrested," the SP said.
"He will be produced before a court here and handed over to UP police's Special Task Force on transit remand," the official said.
Kamran is originally a resident of Nal Bazar in south Mumbai and had shifted to Chunabhatti as repairs were going on in his building.
He earlier worked as a security guard at Zaveri Bazaar in south Mumbai, but in 2017 he had undergone a spine surgery and has been jobless since then.
The ATS officials said his father was a taxi driver who died two months ago and other than his mother, he has an elder brother and a sister. Officials also said that the accused was a drug addict.
(PTI REPORT)
