MUMBAI: Mumbai police have detained a young man from Pune for allegedly sending a message to Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut threatening to eliminate him like Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was shot dead last year, a police official said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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\nMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the man has been identified and it appears that he sent the threatening message under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n
However, he assured that a detailed probe will be carried out and action will be taken.<\/p>\n
The man in his early 20s was detained from the Kharadi area on Friday night in an operation by Mumbai and Pune police, hours after Raut filed a complaint with the Kanjurmarg police station here, the official said.<\/p>\n
Calling Raut “Hindu virodhi”, the text message read, “Delhi me mil tu ak 47 se uda dunga. Moosewala type. Lawrence ke or se msg he soch ke- Salman aur tu Fix. Tyatil karke rakhna (sic).<\/p>\n
Police suspect the “Lawrence” in the message refers to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.<\/p>\n
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29, 2022, following which police booked gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.<\/p>\n
Goldy Brar, a member of the Bishnoi gang, had claimed responsibility for the killing.<\/p>\n
A few days later, three members of the Bishnoi gang delivered a letter threatening Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan, police had said.<\/p>\n
The official said they are yet to establish the reason behind the threat message to Raut.<\/p>\n
The city police are already probing the Salman Khan threat case and this man will be questioned in connection with that too, the official added.<\/p>\n
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the man who allegedly sent the threat message has been identified.<\/p>\n
“Prima facie, it appears that the man gave threats when he was under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n
However, this is just preliminary information and a detailed probe will be carried out and action will be taken,” Fadnavis said.<\/p>\n
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule said Raut is a lawmaker and such a threat to him was a serious issue and that the Centre and the Maharashtra government should take cognisance of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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