Man Arrested From Delhi For Death Threats To MP Pappu Yadav, Has No Links To Gang

A person named Mukesh Pandey, a resident of Delhi has been arrested and his mobile phone has been seized. Investigation has been launched.

A man from Delhi has been arrested for giving death threats to Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, the Lok Sabha MP from Bihar's Purnea over WhatsApp and other mediums, police said on Saturday.

“Purnea MP Pappu Yadav was receiving death threats over WhatsApp and other mediums. As per the information received, we launched an investigation. A person named Mukesh Pandey, a resident of Delhi has been arrested and his mobile phone has been seized,” Kartikeya Sharma, Superintendent of Police Purnea told news agency PTI.

Previously, Yadav wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah claiming that he received multiple calls in the last three days from an individual warning him against making statements against Bishnoi. 

MP Pappu Yadav Seeks Z-Category Security

He sought an upgrade of his security from ‘Y’ to ‘Z’, as per the letter dated October 21. Yadav also claimed that he had written to the Bihar Chief Minister about these threats.

The Bihar MP said in the letter that the threat calls came from an unidentified person, who is associated with the Bishnoi gang. Apart from that, one call was made by Lawrence Bishnoi himself, he claimed. 

“I have been elected as a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly once and as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) six times. During this period, I and my family members have been attacked. Many times, many casteist criminals including the Maoist organization of Nepal have attacked me. I survived by the grace of God. When the extremist organization of Nepal, Maoist, threatened me on my mobile. In 2015, I was kept under Y Plus (The Eight) security cover by the Central Home Department. Again in 2019, my security cover was reduced and I was kept under Y category security cover,” the letter said.

“Today, when Lawrence Bishnoi gang is continuously committing incidents in the country, I being a political person, I opposed the incident. On protesting, the head of Lawrence Bishnoi gang threatened to kill me…Despite such threats, the Home Ministry of Bihar and the Union Home Ministry seem to be inactive towards my security…. I request you to increase my security cover from “Y category” to “Z category” in time.” it added.