Threat Calls to Nitin Gadkari; Caller Located in Karnataka Prison

New Delhi: Office of Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur received threatening calls for extortion of Rs 10 crore. Maharashtra police reached the Hindalga prison in Karnataka to nab the accused.

According to police sources, three threatening calls were made from Hindalaga prison to the office of Gadkari in Nagpur city on March 21.

The caller was identified as Jayesh Poojari, an inmate of Hindalga prison in Karnataka. He had demanded Rs 10 crore extortion money from the Union minister. The miscreant had threatened that Gadkari will have to bear the consequences if he fails to pay up the extortion money. Gadkari’s office had received similar threatening calls in January.

During the raids at Hindalga prison, the Maharashtra police team seized the mobile possessed illegally by Jayesh Poojari inside the jail. Nagpur police will take Jayesh Poojari into custody for investigation.

The accused Jayesh Poojari is convicted of life imprisonment in a murder case. He was initially awarded a death sentence in connection with dacoity and murder case. Later, the punishment was reduced to life imprisonment.