Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 15: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari got calls threatening his life from a prisoner in Belagavi, Karnataka. On Saturday, Nagpur police tracked down the caller.
The caller is Jayesh Kantha, a known mobster and murder suspect who is detained in Belagavi jail. He used the phone inside the jail unlawfully to make threats against Gadkari’s office, according to Nagpur Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar.
“Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was being threatened from jail. The caller is a notorious gangster and murder accused Jayesh Kantha, who is imprisoned in Belagavi jail. He threatened Gadkari’s office by using the phone illegally inside the jail,” said Amitesh Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Nagpur.
“A team of Nagpur police has left for Belagavi for investigation and has asked for production remand,” he added.
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In Maharashtra, Nitin Gadkari’s home and office saw an increase in security on Saturday after a guy posing as a part of the Dawood Ibrahim gang made threatening phone calls and demanded Rs 100 crore.
Between 11.25 am and 12.30 pm, Gadkari’s public relations office in the Khamla area got three threat calls on its landline number. The caller also gave his mobile number and the Karnataka address where, according to him, the money was to be sent.
