The Delhi Police has arrested a 36-year-old techie for allegedly sending offensive and threatening email to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The accused have been identified as Manish Saraswat, a resident of district Ajmer in Rajasthan. Police said that the accused is a Bachelor in Engineering in Information Technology but was presently unemployed.
According to a senior police official, two offensive and threatening emails were received on the official email address of Delhi's Chief Minister.
“On September 20, Ajay Chagti, the chief secretary in Delhi Government, filed a complaint with Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik. Chagti had given copies of two identical emails which were received on official email of Chief Minister. The sender had used derogatory language and threatened the CM of dire consequences,” said the senior police official.
“A case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code was registered and during investigation, the Cyber Cell of Delhi police mounted a technical surveillance which led to the arrest of Manish from Ajmer. Police have also seized the laptop from which the accused had sent the email,” said a police official.