PURNEA A suspect named Ram Babu Yadav arrested from Bhojpur in reference to making threats to Purnea MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav is definitely MP’s personal man and he did it in order that the MP may get Z safety, stated police on Tuesday, debunking the declare that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was behind the intimidation.
Pappu Yadav’s personal man threatened him, no Lawrence hyperlink: Police
Purnea police had arrested Ram Babu Yadav on Sunday from Bhojpur and seized some movies from his possession. Police stated that he confessed throughout interrogation that he despatched threatening video messages to the MP on the behest of MP’s shut aide in lure of cash.
Purnea superintendent of police (SP) Kartikeya Okay Sharma advised media individuals on Tuesday: “The arrested person has confessed that he was asked to send video message and for this he was to be paid ₹2 lakh. He admitted that he was paid ₹2,000 for making and sending threat videos.”
SP stated that recovered movies and calls made by the suspect established no connection the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
The arrested particular person, SP stated quoting the accused, was an lively member of Jan Adhikar Occasion (JAP) of Pappu Yadav which he had shaped in 2015 after he parting away from the RJD.
The arrested particular person advised police that he was requested to take action that the MP may get Z safety and if he did so he can be given larger accountability in politics.
SP added, “Police have seized two videos from his possession, one was released and the other was to be released after some time.”
Ram Babu Yadav had despatched a threatening video message to Purnea MP Pappu Yadav on Sunday and Purnea police on the subsequent day arrested him from Bhojpur.
SP hinted that somebody very near MP had deliberate all this in order that the MP’s safety could possibly be upgraded from Y class to Z class. He nonetheless didn’t disclose the title of the particular person citing it will have an effect on additional probe.
On Sunday the accused had despatched a 13-second video on the cell phone of the shut aide of MP through which he had stated that he was talking on behalf of Bihar gang Lawrence Bishnoi community.
On November 29, the MP bought a menace message on his whatsapp from a Pakistan based mostly quantity. Pappu Yadav allegedly bought dozens of menace calls and messages; nonetheless police of their investigation have to date discovered a lot of the calls as prank calls.
Whereas Pappu Yadav couldn’t be contacted for his remark as he’s in Delhi to attend the continued Parliament session, his spokesperson Rajesh Yadav declared it a deep-rooted conspiracy by politicians and criminals to malign the picture of MP. Contradicting the assertion of police, he stated, “His father claims he is worker of RJD while police has declared him a JAP member.”
He raised questions over police’s inaction to research dozens of menace calls coming from Pakistan and Nepal numbers. He alleged {that a} conspiracy has been hatched to eradicate the MP.