Ex-SP MLA held for threatening to blow up Parl

September 19, 2022 23:58

The Delhi police crime branch on Monday arrested former Samajwadi Party MLA Kishore Samrite from Bhopal for allegedly threatening to blow up Parliament, officials in the national capital said.

They said Samrite had on Saturday allegedly sent a package along with the threat letter to the authorities.

He threatened to blow up Parliament on September 30 if his demands were not met, the officials said.

Samrite was held from his house in Kolar after the state police was duly informed about the action, Bhopal additional commissioner of police Sachin Atulkar said.

"They produced him in a local court and have taken him to Delhi on transit remand," the official said.

In Delhi, special commissioner of police (crime) Ravindra Yadav said the Speaker's office received the package containing a letter, a national flag and gelatin sticks.

Samrite had written down 70 demands in the letter, Yadav added.

"We registered a case and sent a team to Bhopal and arrested him today (Monday) with help of the local police," he said. -- PTI

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