Ahead of PM Modi’s Mathura visit, man booked over text ‘threatening to kill’ him

The police have identified the sender of the WhatsApp message as Ramveer Singh, a resident of Naavali village under Naujhil police station area in Mathura.

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Ahead of Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the district on Monday, a message “threatening to kill the Prime Minister” was found circulating on Whatsapp in Mathura.

A message “threatening to kill the Prime Minister” was found circulating on social media in Mathura, ahead of Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the district on Monday, following which a case has been registered against a youth while two persons, including the accused’s brother, have been detained for questioning.

The police have identified the sender of the WhatsApp message as Ramveer Singh, a resident of Naavali village under Naujhil police station area in Mathura. Ramveer is absconding and a team under SP (City) has been constituted to nab him, SSP Rakesh Singh told the reporters in Mathura.

“Ramveer’s brother Laxman Singh has been detained and is being interrogated. Ramveer had sent the message to some people including media persons,” he said.

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As per the police, several people, including SSP Singh and some media personnel, had received the message on May 20, following which the mobile number through which the threat message was sent was put under surveillance, police officials said. Additional SP Shailesh Kumar Pandey said Ramveer had bought the SIM card under a fake name and address.

District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar said Ramveer, who works as accountant at a brick kiln in Mathura, had sent similar kind of messages on previous occasions as well. “A case under relevant sections of the IPC will be registered against him,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting at Nagla Chandrabhan villlage on May 25.

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