Uttar Pradesh man booked for threatening Saharanpur Sub Divisional Magistrate

The SDM on Wednesday lodged a First Information Report (FIR) with Kotwali police station in Saharanpur against Sanjay Singh after identifying his name through the Truecaller app. The caller had switched off his phone after threatening her, the police said.

“I had got a call on my official mobile number around 7 pm on Monday and the caller asked me to pass a verdict in favour of one Harendra Singh in a pending case. When I did not budge, he threatened that he would settle scores with me. On Tuesday, the same caller contacted me and continued threatening me, this time in a more aggressive tone,” she stated in the FIR.

The police have sent a team to Deoria district to nab the man based on his location on Truecaller. “We will soon identify the accused even if his phone remains switched off,” said S N Vaibhav Pandey, Nakur Deputy Superintendent of Police, Saharanpur.

Sanjay Singh was booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 352 (intentionally insulting someone), 351/3 (criminal intimidation by threatening to cause death),121/1(voluntarily causing hurt to anyone being public servant), 224 (threat or injury to public servant) and 79 (intends to insult modesty of any women), investigators said.