In a bizarre case reported from the Badaun, the local district president of the ruling Samajwadi Party, who also remained a minister, feel the pinch of deteriorating law and order situation after he received a threatening message through which the miscreant tried to extort Rs 5 crore from him. Surprisingly, Badaun is also Parliament constituency of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s cousin Dharmendra Yadav. A case has been registered in this regard and all out efforts are on to trace out the culprit and lay and trap on him.
According to reports, Samajwadi Party district president of Badaun and former UP minister Banwari Singh Yadav, received a message on his mobile phone through which the miscreant without revealing his identity had demanded an extortion of Rs 5 crore from Bhagwan Singh. The demand for the money was made only through a message on his mobile phone and no call was later made. The phone was later on also reportedly switched off.
A case has been registered by the leader with the local police. Superintendent of Police (City) Anil Kumar Yadav said on Tuesday that the message was received by Yadav when he was attending a marriage function of one of his relatives in Bahjoi on Monday. The message asked the leader to bring Rs 5 crores to Mirhachi area and threatened to attack the family members if he failed. The message also gave another mobile number to contact them. The SP said that investigation was underway and very soon those who have sent the message would be nabbed.