Friday, October 12, 2012

Engg student arrested for threat calls to MP



BARIPADA: An engineering student was arrested by the police on Friday in connection with threat calls allegedly made to Mayurbhanj MP Laxman Tudu. The police on Thursday detained two engineering students, including the arrested one, and interrogated them in connection with the case.

The two are drop-outs of a private college at Jharpokharia in Mayurbhanj district and residents of Ghatsila in Jharkhand, said Baripada SDPO Sudhakar Jena. The police has started investigation into the matter after getting complaint from the MP and Mayurbhanj district president of BJD who alleged that he received a series of threat calls from Maoists.

Tudu then lodged an FIR at Chandua police station in the district on Wednesday. In his FIR, he stated that he had first received a threat call on October 4 where the caller demanded Rs 10 lakh from him. When he didn’t respond to the demands, the callers sent him an SMS threatening the MP.  

According to the police sources, the callers had no relation with the Maoists. They are investigating into the matter after registering a case under section 506 and 384, the police sources said.

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