Two held over WhatsApp text
Lucknow: Two persons have been arrested in Gonda district for threatening to blow up UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s residence and 50 other vital installations. The threat was given through a message on WhatsApp at the police helpline 112 on Friday. An FIR was registered at the Gautam Palli police station and security at the Chief Minister’s residence was tightened. The arrested youth are brothers, identified at Raja Babu and Mukesh. They were tracked down through electronic surveillance. “They have been arrested and are being interrogated,” said a government spokesman. (IANS)
2 govt officials transferred
Indore: Indore’s city superintendent of police and a sub-divisional magistrate have been transferred for allegedly kneeling before Congress MLAs while requesting them to call off their protest against the Madhya Pradesh government’s ‘failure’ in curbing the spread of COVID-19. A video of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Rakesh Sharma and City Superintendent of Police D K Tiwari kneeling before legislators of the opposition party on Saturday went viral on social media, following which the ruling BJP in the state objected to the conduct of the two officials. (PTI)
Migrant worker looted, killed
Muzaffarnagar: A migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, who was stuck in Madhya Pradesh due to the ongoing lockdown, was looted and stabbed to death, police said on Sunday. Arbaz, 22, and his friend Nauman had gone to MP for some work and could not return due to the lockdown, according to their family members. On Friday, the two were going to Satna from Rewa district on foot when they asked an auto driver for a ride. The autorickshaw driver allegedly looted and killed Arbaz, while Nauman managed to escape, the police said. (PTI)
SC bars scribe’s arrest
New Delhi: In a relief to journalist Vinod Dua, the Supreme Court in a special hearing on Sunday restrained the Himachal Pradesh police from arresting him till July 6 in a sedition case lodged against him in the state over his Youtube show. The top court said that Dua will have to join the investigation and there shall be no stay on the ongoing probe undertaken by the Himachal Pradesh police. A notice to the Centre and the state government were issued and sought their responses within two weeks. Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for