Ahmedabad, Apr 17 (PTI) Police have arrested a man in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat for allegedly issuing death threats to Samrat Choudhary, a day before he took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar, officials said on Friday.
The accused, Shekhar Yadav (32), a resident of Sanand taluka in Ahmedabad and a native of Banka district in Bihar, was arrested on Thursday, they said.
Talking to PTI, Ahmedabad Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) Om Prakash Jat said Yadav allegedly called Samrat Choudhary’s office last Tuesday, a day before he was sworn in as the CM of Bihar, and issued death threats to him.
A case was then registered at the Sangrampur police station in Munger district of Bihar under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including criminal intimidation, he said.
The Gujarat police were in touch with their counterparts in Bihar and directed the surveillance staff to trace and arrest the suspect based on the mobile number he used for issuing the threats, the official said.
With the help of technical inputs and human intelligence, Sanand police arrested him. During his interrogation, he confessed to committing the crime, the SP said.
Yadav has been handed over to the Bihar police, he added.
“Further investigation, including the motive behind issuing threats, will be carried out by the Bihar police,” he said.
BJP leader Choudhary was on Wednesday sworn in as the 24th Chief Minister of Bihar, in the first instance of a saffron party member making it to the top post in the state. He has been in politics for nearly three decades though the 57-year-old leader joined the BJP only nine years ago. PTI KVM PD NP
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