An FIR has been lodged against three persons at the city police station here for allegedly threatening BJP MLA Rajesh Chaudhary, police said on Sunday.
The FIR was lodged against three people, including Ravindra Jatav, Azad Ansari and one unidentified
person on Saturday under BNS sections 351 (4) (criminal intimidation
by an anonymous communication), 352 (intentional insult with intention to provoke a breach of peace) and section 67 of the IT act, they said.
Chaudhary, who is the MLA from Mant seat of Mathura, alleged that someone called him up on August 25 night and threatened to kill him and his son.
The MLA said that someone also called him up on August 30 and threatened him using abusive and casteist slurs and said “you give a lot of statements on TV. We will see you. Our leader has ordered us to kill you”.
Chaudhary also said in his complaint that some people have announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh on the social media platform ‘X’ for the person who brings his tongue.