Threat Calls To Haryana MLAs: Case Handed To Special Task Force, Says Home Minister

Chandigarh:

Within the wake of 5 Haryana MLAs allegedly receiving risk calls not too long ago, the state’s Dwelling Minister Anil Vij on Sunday mentioned the matter has been handed over to the Particular Process Power for additional investigation and he’s each day monitoring the developments related with the probe.

Notably, whereas one MLA who acquired a risk name is from the BJP, the remaining 4 are from the principle opposition Congress and a lot of the calls pertain to extortion threats revamped cellphones of the legislators from unknown numbers.

“We now have handed over the matter to the Particular Process Power for additional investigation. STF is engaged on this and I’m each day monitoring the developments related with the probe,” Mr Vij instructed reporters in Sonipat.

He mentioned the STF is making progress within the case, “however at this stage, I can not share particulars in public”.

Replying to a query that opposition has alleged legislation and order has damaged down within the state, Mr Vij mentioned all these calls to legislators are coming from overseas.

Final month, BJP MLA Sanjay Singh allegedly acquired an extortion name wherein the caller recognized himself as an affiliate of the infamous Neeraj Bawana gang and demanded Rs 5 lakh. In keeping with a grievance later filed by Mr Singh, he had additionally received an extortion message on WhatsApp on June 25.

Among the many Congress MLAs, Safidon legislator Subhash Gangoli had on Friday lodged a grievance with Haryana police citing a risk to his life. He had acknowledged that he acquired a risk message demanding Rs 5 lakh on his cellular from a Dubai quantity.

Congress MLA from Sonipat Surender Panwar too had earlier acquired a risk name from Dubai and the caller had demanded ransom from him.

On Friday, 5 males had allegedly barged into the Pataudi home of Badli’s Congress MLA Kuldeep Vats when he was not there and roughed up his cook dinner threatening to set the legislator proper “like Sidhu Moose Wala,” police had mentioned.

The cook dinner instructed the police that the accused mentioned that he ought to warn Mr Vats that the legislator shouldn’t make any feedback about gangsters or he’ll face the destiny of Sidhu Moose Wala, the Punjabi singer who was shot lifeless by unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Mansa district on Might 29.

Reacting to this explicit case, Mr Vij mentioned he spoke to the Superintendent of Police of the district and the state DGP.

“We are going to catch the culprits,” he mentioned referring to the 5 males who barged into the Pataudi home of Mr Vats.

In the meantime, talking to reporters in Jind, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda mentioned the legislation and order within the state had collapsed in the course of the BJP-JJP authorities.

He alleged the state has develop into a secure haven for criminals now and the state of affairs is such that neither the frequent man nor the MLAs are secure.

Referring to the MLAs receiving threats, Mr Hooda, who’s Chief of the Opposition, mentioned “the police haven’t been capable of do something”.

“Because of the unsafe surroundings within the state, industrialists are reluctant to speculate right here. Therefore, industries and initiatives are constantly migrating from Haryana to different states. The youth of the state are going through the brunt of this within the type of unemployment,” he mentioned.

Earlier on Friday, senior Congress chief Kumari Selja had met Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya right here and knowledgeable him in regards to the legislators from the state receiving ‘threats’ in current weeks.

Through the assembly, Ms Selja urged the Governor to direct the state authorities to instantly improve the safety of those MLAs and catch the culprits on the earliest.

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