CM Yogi Adityanath receives life threat at UP 112

LUCKNOW: A message, threatening to attack CM Yogi Adityanath with a bomb, was received on the WhatsApp number of UP Police control room during wee hours of Friday.
An FIR was lodged at Gomtinagar police within 19 minutes of receiving the message. UP STF is investigating the case. Confirming the incident, senior officials of UP 112 said the CM has received death threats in the past too.
SHO Gomtinagar Dheeraj Kumar said an FIR had been lodged against unidentified person for causing fear or alarm in the public, to commit an offence against the state or against public tranquility, threat to cause death and using anonymous communication for issuing threat.In the FIR, Kumar said, “The message was received at UP 112 WhatsApp service (7570000100) at 12.32am on Friday.” Joint commissioner of police, crime, Lucknow, Nilabja Choudhury, told TOI: “Probe is underway and the surveillance cell is tracing the location of the number. Cyber cell are also providing assistance.” STF officials said they were tracking the number but refused to share details. In the first week of May, UP police had nabbed a constable in Ghazipur for a Facebook post in which he called for the killing of the CM.