UP Man Imposing As Jailed Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi Extorts Money From Bihar Minister, Arrested

The Patna police have said that they have arrested an individual from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly threatening Labor Minister Santosh Kumar Singh in the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Patna police have arrested an individual from UP's Azamgarh for allegedly threatening Bihar's Labor Minister Santosh Kumar Singh in the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. (Representative Image)

Source : ANI

In a major breakthrough, a person from Uttar Pradesh was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly threatening Bihar Labour Resources Minister Santosh Kumar Singh in the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and demanded Rs 30 lakh from him, police said, as reported by NDTV.

The police did not revealed the name of the arrested person and said that the person belongs to Azamgarh district. A mobile, which was used for calling Santosh Kumar Singh, was also seized, as per the police.

"A team was constituted immediately after a complaint was received from the minister on Tuesday. The team arrested the caller from Azamgarh district in UP and recovered the mobile phone from which the call was made. The accused is being brought to Patna", a statement from Patna Police said.

Earlier, on January 14, Santosh Kumar Singh alleged that he received death threats from a man who identified himself as gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Singh said to ANI, "... I received a call some time ago and the caller identified himself as Lawrence Bishnoi and he asked for Rs 30 lakh, I denied and cut the call... He called again reminding me of Baba Siddiqui and asked for the money threatening to kill me the same way, but I cut the call... He called again and again and told me how he knew everything about me and I asked how to send the money... He then sent a scanner for the transaction... I have the number to DGP and he is doing his own investigation and I will file an FIR... I have had no cases on me now and no political enemies... Let the report come, this Rs 30 lakh will cost him a lot..."

#WATCH | Patna, Bihar | Bihar Minister Santosh Kumar Singh says, "... I received a call some time ago and the caller identified himself as Lawrence Bishnoi and he asked for Rs 30 lakh, I denied and cut the call... He called again reminding me of Baba Siddiqui and asked for the… pic.twitter.com/BRozqJMEJS

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