Jehangirabad police have booked an unidentified miscreant who threatened Member of Legislative Assembly from Chandla Chattarpur of life; the MLA was warned not to intervene and interfere with the sand mining mafia.
Police said that BJP MLA from Chhatarpur on Thursday lodged a complaint regarding a threat to his life from sand mining mafia as the caller threatened her of life and said that he was calling from Uttar Pradesh.
The complainant Rajesh Kumar Prajapati has claimed that he received a call on Tuesday night. The person calling from the other side, threatened him that he will face dire consequences if he continues to intervene sand mining mafia.
He told that police that his constituency is a center of illegal sand mining and he is raising issue of illegal mining to stop the unauthorized persons from the illegal sand mining.
On Tuesday night, around 10:30PM, he received a call from an unknown number and the caller said that he was from Uttar Pradesh as Prajapati has been raising the issue of illegal sand mining in his area for a long time. The villagers lives in constant fear because of sand mining mafia whose gunmen threaten and beat poor villagers. Based on the complaint the accused was narrowed down and traced and was identified as Mahesh Sharma from Uttar Pradesh whose location are yet to be determined as it is changing frequently. Police have registered FIR and have started investigation in the case to nab the accused.