Lodhi, who is originally from Bulundshar, currently resides at Ghaziabad, so she has lodged a case in Ghaziabad while five other MLAs have lodged complaints in Lucknow.Īnita Lodhi said she suspected that some notorious criminal was behind this operation as she believes that no small-time criminal would dare threaten ruling Party MLAs. It will be better if it solves the case early and arrests the culprit,” she said.
Anita Lodhi, BJP MLA from Dibai, said she had received a call too where the caller has claimed that he knew her family members. The Special Task Force is working on it and we will solve the matter soon.ĭespite this assurance BJP law makers are living in fear. Do not waste time.”ĭIG Law and Order Praveen Kumar said the message was sent by some miscreants. I promise after three days we will start killing your family members, so that you understand that we are serious. If you care about yourself or the safety of your family, pay ₹10 lakh within three days. Do you know me? I am not here for a long chat. The message, in Hindi, stated “I am Ali Budesh Bhai. The message that all the legislators received was similar.
Allegedly, the extortionists threatened to kill their families if the ransom money wasn’t paid, he said. The lawmakers who received the alleged threatening calls include Shashank Trivedi (Maholi in Sitapur), Anita Lodhi (Dibai – Bulandshahar), Lokendra Pratap Singh (Mohamaddi in Khiri), Veer Vikram Singh (Katra – Shahajahanpur), Vinay Kumar Dwivedi (Mehnanu constituency), Premnath Pandey (Tarabganj), Shyam Bihari Lal (Fareed pur) and Vinod Katiyar (Bhogniupur in Kanpur Dehat).Ī senior official in the Home department said that a few BJP legislators have received threats in the last three days. The person who sent the message claimed to be Ali Baba Budesh. There are at least 10 legislators from BJP and two senior party functionaries who have received the extortion messages on WhatsApp. Even as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed during an election rally on Tuesday that the law and order in UP had improved and criminals were running for cover, a few BJP law makers lodged complaints with the police in different parts of the state alleging that they received extortion calls and that their lives were under threat.
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