Himachal: Former minister gets ransom call, death threat; case registered
BJP leader and ex-minister of Himachal Virendra Kanwar on Monday claimed he received a ransom call, wherein the caller demanded Rs 20-25 lakh and threatened to kidnap and kill him if the demand was not met.
The police said after receiving a complaint in the matter, a case was registered and investigations initiated. As per the complaint, the caller had introduced himself as Dharmendra from Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh even though the True Caller app showed his name as Irfan Khan.
SP Rakesh Singh said a team of police personnel were trying to trace the accused with the help of the police’s cyber cell.
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