The Punjab Police has registered a case after a Delhi AAP MLA complained that he received a call and a WhatsApp message threatening to kill party leader Arvind Kejriwal and his daughter unless Rs 7 crore was paid, police said.
Jarnail Singh, the Tilak Nagar MLA, filed the complaint with Mohali police, which registered a case under sections 308(4) (extortion) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act.
According to the complaint, the call and the message came on November 6 from a person who claimed to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The caller threatened to kill Kejriwal and his daughter if the money was not paid, the complaint said.
Police said further investigation in the matter was under way.
Kejriwal is the AAP national convenor and a former chief minister of Delhi. His daughter has not been named in this report.
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