NEW DELHI: A death threat issued in the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and his daughter, Harshita Kejriwal, has turned out to be a hoax, top Punjab Police sources said. The man apprehended in connection with the case is a retired clerk from Rohtak and has no links to the gangster or his network, the sources said.
The development comes days after AAP MLA Jarnail Singh, a former journalist, alleged that a caller claiming to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had threatened to kill Kejriwal and his daughter unless Rs 7 crore was paid as ransom.
The MLA from Delhi’s Tilak Nagar constituency had said he received a threatening phone call and WhatsApp messages from the caller. Singh approached the Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) on November 6 and lodged a complaint, stating that the caller had identified himself as a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
According to Singh’s complaint, the caller demanded Rs 7 crore from Kejriwal and threatened to kill him and his daughter if the money was not paid.
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