Union Minister receives ransom threat message, says informed Delhi Police, Jharkhand DGP

Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday said he received a ransom threat message, demanding Rs 50,000 from an unknown phone number on Friday, following which he informed the Delhi Police and Jharkhand DGP about it.

The sender allegedly also gave a life threat to him.

“I have already informed the Delhi Police and the Jharkhand DGP in this regard. Senior officials of the Delhi Police, including a DCP, visited me and I have informed them about the matter,” the Ranchi Lok Sabha MP said here. He said he was not worried about such things.

Ranchi MLA CP Singh said, “I came to know this morning that the Union Minister of State for Defence was given a threat message and demanded Rs 50 lakh extortion. The administration should take it seriously and expose such individuals.” He also urged the state government a launch a probe into the matter.

“I also urge the state government to give proper security to the Union Minister from,” Singh said.

Jharkhand Congress spokesperson Rakesh Sinha termed it a “serious” matter and urged the Union Home Ministry to look into it.

“The Union Home Ministry should act promptly on the issue. It should activate its agencies and find out who is behind it,” Sinha said.