Aaditya Thackeray Got Threat Messages. Accused Arrested From Bengaluru
NDTV
A police official said that the accused sent threatening text messages to Aaditya Thackeray.
Mumbai Police have arrested a man from Bengaluru for allegedly threatening Maharashtra cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray, following which the state government on Thursday announced that an SIT would be set up to probe the incidents of threat issued to legislators and others, and a policy would be framed to deal with such cases.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil said the man, identified as Jaisingh Rajput, who threatened Mr Thackeray, was apprehended in Karnataka by the Mumbai crime branch's cyber team and brought to Mumbai.
A police official earlier said that Rajput had allegedly called Aaditya Thackeray on December 8, but the latter did not receive the call. After that the accused had sent threatening text messages to the minister.
Aaditya Thackeray, the son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, holds the Environment and Tourism portfolios.
