Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda reportedly received extortion calls from an unidentified caller demanding Rs 20 lakh. The call was made from Bhubaneswar, sources said.
According to reports, a caller identifying himself as Deepak Jaiswal called up Koda on Saturday night at around 9.20 pm demanding Rs 20 lakh as extortion money. On the subsequent day, the caller again made a call repeating the same demand, failing which he would abduct Koda’s daughter.
Following this, Koda filed an FIR with the lalpur Police Station in Ranchi on Sunday.
According to a police source, the call came from Bhubaneswar.
Koda had created history by becoming the Chief Minister in September 2006 despite being an Independent MlA of Jharkhand.
A year later, Koda was arrested in connection with the mining scam. Koda’s wife is also a member in the Jharkhand Assembly.