The crime branch has arrested accused involved in threatening to kill Bhopal MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from Hyderabad.
The accused Sheikh Nazir is a resident of Hyderabad. He is 10th pass and went to Dubai to do plumbing work. He listened to provocative speeches against MP Pragya and others and became violent.
In the changed behaviour he threatened to kill the MP of Bhopal by calling her on WhatsApp from Dubai number. He had also searched the mobile number of the MP from the internet.
DCP Crime Branch Amit Kumar said that the accused told during interrogation that he had come to Delhi from Dubai five-six days before threatening the MP. While going from Delhi to Hyderabad late night, the MP was threatened by WhatsApp. He works in Dubai with his brother.
On June 18, around 1.30 pm, she returned home from MP Pragya BJP office. Meanwhile, a call came from an unknown number. The accused threatened to kill himself by pretending to be Iqbal Kaskar's henchman. Threatened and said that she would be killed. He is giving this information in advance and when Pragya asked the reason for the murder, the accused said that it would be known soon. The video recording of this entire discussion with the MP went viral.
The DCP said that the accused uses international mobile numbers. He had introduced himself as a man of Ibrahim Kaskar group to threaten Sadhvi The police took out the details of the number after investigation, it turned out to be of Dubai.
After tracing it was found that the said number is of India's mobile network. The police reached the accused by adding links. Police are also probing his links with terrorist organizations.