Man held for giving threat calls to Tikait

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Man held for giving threat calls to Tikait

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A man was apprehended for giving threatening and abusive calls to farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, the police said on Sunday. The national spokesman of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) had received two calls on Saturday night from the man who abused and threatened him. An FIR was lodged at Kaushambi police station in Ghaziabad by head constable Nitin Sharma, who is deputed in Mr. Tikait’s security. The police investigated the call data and traced the call to one Surendra Rawat of Karan Prayag town in Uttrakhand, Senior Superintendent of Police Pawan Kumar told PTI . Mr. Rawat was immediately summoned by the local police and was interrogated, Mr. Kumar said. He submitted a written apology to the police saying that he had called Mr. Tikait in an inebriated condition.

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The Hindu

Date

2021-12-06

Coverage

Ghaziabad