CM Yogi Adityanath receives death threat on Twitter; probe launched

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received a death threat on social media, as per reports. A case has been registered against the Twitter user, the UP Police said. Following the incident, UP’s cybercrime team has been put on high alert. The threat was posted on Twitter on Friday. 

UP CM receives death threat 

A death threat was sent to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from a  Twitter user (Khalid Qureshi @rock Qureshi). Constable Rajesh Tiwari said that he came across a tweet which used abusive language against the UP CM, and also issued death threats to him. A Twitter post from the handle of advocate Kalpna Srivastava said that a user (khalid qureshi@rock Qureshi) made unsavoury remarks against the CM and threatened to kill him. "The woman advocate also stated that the user had also deleted some of his abusive posts," Tiwari said.

Probe underway 

A case has been registered against the Twitter user, and a probe is also underway. 

SHO, Cyber Cell, Mohammed Muslim Khan said, "An FIR under sections 504 (intentional insult), 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication), 505 (circulating statements in public causing alarm) of the IPC and Section 66 of the IT Act has been registered. Further investigations are on, according to news agency IANS.

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