Schoolboy held from Lucknow over assassination threat to PM, UP CM

A teenager from Lucknow was apprehended by the Noida Police on Friday for allegedly sending an email to a media house, threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

By Jitendra Jangid Apr 8, 2023, 12:55 IST

The Noida Police on Friday apprehended a teenager from Lucknow who is believed to have sent an email to a media house, threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials said. The boy was produced in a juvenile court here later in the day and was granted bail, according to an official. The bail was granted since the charges invoked in the case were bailable, the official said. The 16-year-old boy, who hails from Bihar, was picked up from the Chinhat area of the state capital on Friday morning and has been brought here, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Noida) Rajneesh Verma said. “An FIR was lodged in connection with the case of April 5 at the Sector 20 police station here after which the matter was investigated, technical teams also roped in to trace the sender of the email, which contained the threat message,” Verma said. “On the basis of the investigation, the email sender was traced and found in Lucknow’s Chinhat area. The sender turned out to be a schoolboy, who has just completed his Class 11 and will be beginning Class 12 in this session,” the police officer told PTI. The police had lodged an FIR against an unknown person after a media house representative approached them with a complaint, stating they have received an email threatening to assassinate the prime minister and the Uttar Pradesh chief minister. The FIR was lodged under the Indian Penal Code sections 153A (1b) (act prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, or likely to disturb public tranquillity), 505 (1b) (act likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or to any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the state or against the public tranquillity), 506 (criminal intimidation), 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), police said. The police had also invoked provisions of the Information Technology Act in the case.

A teenager from Lucknow was apprehended by the Noida Police on Friday for allegedly sending an email to a media house, threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The 16-year-old boy, who hails from Bihar, was later produced in a juvenile court and granted bail since the charges invoked in the case were bailable, according to an official.

An FIR was lodged at the Sector 20 police station in connection with the case on April 5 after a media house representative approached the police with a complaint, stating they had received an email threatening to assassinate the prime minister and the Uttar Pradesh chief minister. The FIR was lodged under sections of the Indian Penal Code, including criminal intimidation and acts likely to cause fear or alarm to the public, as well as provisions of the Information Technology Act.

The police investigated the matter and used technical teams to trace the sender of the email. The sender was traced and found to be a schoolboy who had just completed Class 11 and would be starting Class 12 in the upcoming session. The teenager was picked up from the Chinhat area of Lucknow and brought to Noida for questioning.

According to Assistant Commissioner of Police (Noida) Rajneesh Verma, the investigation into the case is ongoing.

Schoolboy held from Lucknow over assassination threat to PM, UP CM

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