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Lucknow: Days after a media house received an email threatening to assassinate Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he received another death threat. An unidentified person sent a message on ‘Dial 112’ (a number launched by the Uttar Pradesh government for the emergency services), threatening to kill the Chief Minister. “I will kill CM Yogi soon,” reads the message which was sent at 10. 22 pm on April 23.
A case has been registered against the unidentified person at the Sushant Golf City police station in Lucknow under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 506, 507 and IT Act 66, police said.
“A case has been registered under sections 506 and 507 IPC and 66 IT Act in PS Sushant Golf City against an unknown person after ‘Dial 112’ receives death threat for Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath,” the police said, ANI reported.
The police have identified the sender as Rehan.
Death threat email to Yogi Adityanath
Earlier this month, a 16-year-old schoolboy was held by Noida Police from Lucknow for allegedly sending an email to a media house threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath.
The teenager, a resident of Bihar was apprehended from the Chinhat area of Lucknow and was brought to Noida, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Noida) Rajneesh Verma said. The boy was produced in a juvenile court in Noida and was granted bail later, PTI reported.