Ayodhya man who pasted threat letters on train in Lko held
LUCKNOW, Nov. 14 -- A 28 year-old-man from Ayodhya was arrested on Friday from Seva Gram Colony in Lucknow for allegedly pasting letters threatening a bomb blast on a train and attempting to incite communal unrest at Charbagh railway station on Wednesday (November 11), the Government Railway Police (GRP) said in an official statement.
The accused was identified as Mohammad Shariq, a resident of Ansar Nagar in Gosainganj, Ayodhya. During interrogation, he reportedly told investigators that he committed the act out of frustration over a failed love affair and to defame and harass a woman who had left him.
The GRP said no recovery was made from him and he had no previous criminal record.
The incident came to light on November 11 when handwritten letters containing objectionable communal content, along with threats to blow up a train, were found pasted behind the toilet mirrors and windows of two general coaches of the Varanasi-Lucknow Intercity parked at platforms 8 and 9 at Charbagh.
The GRP registered an FIR under Sections 196(1) and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against an unidentified person. Subsequently, three teams comprising personnel from Charbagh, Shahjahanpur, Ayodhya and Akbarpur GRP units, along with the surveillance team, were formed to crack the case.
He was sent to judicial custody after his arrest.
A cash reward of Rs.25,000 has been announced for the teams involved in solving the case....
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