Last Updated: March 21, 2023, 18:20 IST
Nitin Gadkari’s Nagpur house and workplace obtained menace calls (Image: News18)
Jayesh Pujari, who’s lodged in Hindalga jail in Karnataka’s Belagavi after being sentenced to dying in a homicide case, had denied his involvement within the name
Union Minister and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari’s Nagpur house and workplace obtained three menace calls in opposition to him, demanding Rs 10 Crore. The calls stated Gadkari may very well be “harmed” if they did not receive the asked amount. According to police, the caller identified himself as one Jayesh Pujari, alias Jayesh Kantha.
Notably, Jayesh Pujari was the same person whose name had been used to make similar calls to Gadkari’s office in January, a PTI report said. Rahul Madane, deputy commissioner of police (zone II), said three calls, two in the morning and one around 12 noon, were made to Gadkari’s public relations office, opposite Orange City Hospital in Nagpur.
On January 14, a man identifying himself as Pujari had made threat calls to Gadkari’s public relations office, demanding Rs 100 crore. The caller claimed that he was a member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang.
According to reports, Jayesh Pujari is currently lodged in the Hindalga jail in Karnataka’s Belagavi after being sentenced to death in a murder case. He had earlier denied his involvement in the calls made in January.
Earlier, the cyber cell of Napur Police had registered a case against a man for allegedly posting offensive comments on social media which had references to Gadkari. The accused, Dattatray Joshi, made certain references to Gadkari in the posts circulated on WhatsApp, police said.
A representative of the senior BJP leader’s office in Nagpur later filed a complaint with the police and demanded strict action against the person who made the posts viral.
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