Chauhatan MLA Tarun Kaga gets death threat, 1 detained

JAISALMER

: Chauhatan MLA Tarun Rai Kaga received a

threat

from an unidentified person on WhatsApp on Saturday. The unknown person demanded Rs 60 lakh, failing which he threatened to murder the MLA. Kaga has lodged an

FIR

in this regard at Chauhatan police station.


According to information, on Saturday night, Kaga got a threat on his phone, in which the person demanded that Rs 60 lakh be delivered to Ajmer. He asked the MLA to send the money to one Ruby Sheikh at a ‘Siddiqui Sweet Shop’. Kaga, immediately informed the SP and later lodged an FIR at Chauhatan police station.

He has also provided a screen shot of the WhatsApp threat with the FIR.

Barmer district SP Manish Agarwal said they have detained the unidentified person from Ajmer. The man hails from Maharashtra and was living in Ajmer for some time now. “After taking the evidence from Kaga, we had started the investigation and have detained the man. Further investigation is underway,” he said.