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Caller, threatening to kill Nitin Gadkari, identified as Jayesh Kantha
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari received death threat calls from a man who is imprisoned in Belagavi, Karnataka, a senior police official told UNI on Sunday.
According to the official, Nagpur police traced the caller on Saturday.
The caller has been identified as Jayesh Kantha, a notorious gangster and murder accused, who is imprisoned in Belagavi jail (Karnataka), said the official.
Jayesh Kanta threatened Gadkari's public contact office in Khamla, Nagpur by using the phone thrice illegally from the jail, Amitesh Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Nagpur, said.
The caller reportedly told the telephone operator that he was a 'D-gang member.
He demanded Rs. 100 crore as extortion for Gadkari's safety and threatened to kill the minister in a bomb blast if his demand was not met. (UNI)
