Jaipur : Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has received a death threat. The threat has been given by a prisoner lodged in Shyalwas jail of Dausa district. Police officials said that the accused called the Jaipur Police Control Room at 2 am late night and threatened to kill the CM. IG Jaipur Range Anil Tank said that a call came to the Jaipur Police Control Room at night. The caller told the policemen that he would kill the CM. On this, the police found the location based on the phone number, which turned out to be Dausa jail. On this, the team of Dausa Police and Jaipur Police searched the place at night itself. During the search, the police detained an accused resident of Darjeeling. The youth has accepted giving the threat over the phone. The police is interrogating the prisoner in the jail itself.
The accused said- I lost consciousness after taking the medicine
IG told- In the initial interrogation, the prisoner told that he takes some medicine. He lost consciousness after taking the medicine. After this, he made a phone call. The police is not satisfied with his answers, so he has been given rest for some time. He will be questioned again after a few hours. During the police investigation, more than 12 mobile phones and some suspicious items were found in the jail. The police team has seized them. The jail officials have been informed about this. Further action is being taken.
3 suspended including jail superintendent
After the revelations of threatening the CM, the jail administration suspended the acting jail superintendent Kailash Daroga, jailer Bihari Lal and head guard Awadhesh Kumar. In this regard, DG Jail Rajesh Nirvana for the jail superintendent, jailer and DIG Monica Agarwal for the head guard have issued orders.
Threats were received even 6 months ago
The CM had received threats about 6 months ago as well. A POCSO prisoner, who was in Jaipur’s Central Jail for 5 years, called the control room and threatened to shoot the CM. After this, the call was disconnected and the mobile was switched off. The police team immediately started investigation on technical basis and identified the accused who had given the threat. During this, mobiles were also seized from two prisoners in the jail. Jail’s head warden Ajay Singh Rathore and warden Manish Kumar Yadav were suspended in the case. The accused, who was in jail under the POCSO Act, had called the control room and threatened.
