Karnal, June 27 -- A week after multiple shots were fired at Congress MLA Balram Dangi's office in Rohtak's Meham, he received a Rs.5 crore extortion threat on Friday via WhatsApp messages from an international number, police said.

According to the police, the messages received on Dangi's mobile phone between 8.18 am and 8.24 am, read: "Arrange Rs.5 crore, you have one week. So far, only the windows of your office have been shot at; this time, the bullets will be fired directly at you."

The threat was issued in the name of a gangster Sumit alias Chhota Samaniya, the police said. The screenshot of the chat has also gone viral on social media.

Speaking with reporters, the MLA said that upon receiving the said messages, he immediately inf...