Nagpur police have arrested a man for allegedly threatening to bomb Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence on Wardha Road. The incident led to heightened security at the senior BJP leader’s house.
According to the police, the city control room received a call on the emergency number 112, warning that Gadkari’s Mahal residence would be blown up within ten minutes. The call was traced to mobile number 7498579746, registered in the name of Umesh Vishnu Raut, a resident of Tulsi Bagh Road, Mahal, near Beema Dawakhana, Sakkardara.
Raut, who works at a liquor shop near Medical Square, was detained from the Beema Dawakhana area shortly after the threat call. He is currently in police custody for further interrogation, and an investigation into the motive behind the threat is underway.
Police officials confirmed that security around Gadkari’s residence has been intensified following the incident.
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