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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Delhi Police arrest Ghaziabad man who threatened to kill CM Rekha Gupta
Delhi Police 's North West District Special Staff has arrested a man from Ghaziabad for allegedly threatening to kill Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta , officials said on Saturday. According to officials, the accused, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time, first called to speak to his estranged wife, and later issued a threat to the Chief Minister. He is a law graduate and was reportedly upset after his wife left him. During the investigation, the man allegedly tried to mislead the police. Fake identity cards were also recovered from his possession. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Join new Free to Play WWII MMO War Thunder War Thunder Play Now Undo Officials said that they were further interrogating him. Delhi Police launched a probe on June 6 after receiving an alert from Ghaziabad Police about the threat. Late on June 5, Ghaziabad Police had received a call from an unidentified individual threatening to kill the Delhi Chief Minister, they said. Live Events Ritesh Tripathi, ACP Ghaziabad, said, "On the night of June 5, 2025, the Ghaziabad Commissionerate's Kotwali police station received a call from an unknown person who threatened to kill the Chief Minister of Delhi. The Ghaziabad control room immediately informed the Delhi control room." "Delhi's local police force promptly responded and reached the spot. However, the caller could not be contacted thereafter," he added. The police were further looking into the matter.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
'Made call under influence of alcohol': 25-year-old man held for giving death threat to Delhi CM Rekha Gupta; being interrogated by Special Cell
NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man was taken into custody on Saturday for allegedly issuing a death threat to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, police officials said. The suspect has been identified as Shlok Tripathi, though police sources described him as a habitual fraudster who frequently changes his identity. According to officials, the accused made the threat call while under the influence of alcohol. Tripathi was apprehended by the Delhi Police , who are currently interrogating him at the Special Cell office in northwest Delhi, an official confirmed. The threat was made via the emergency helpline number 112 in Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh, during the night between Thursday and Friday. After receiving the call, Ghaziabad police alerted their Delhi counterparts and dispatched a team to Panchwati Colony, where the call had originated. However, the suspect initially managed to evade arrest, said ACP Ritesh Tripathi of Ghaziabad Police. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
India Gazette
4 days ago
- India Gazette
Death threats against Delhi CM, police launch search
ANI 06 Jun 2025, 20:49 GMT+10 New Delhi [India] June 6 (ANI): Delhi Police have launched a search operation following a threat call targeting Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. Late on Thursday night, Ghaziabad Police received information about the threat and alerted the North West District Police. According to police sources, an unidentified individual called the Ghaziabad Police PCR, threatening to kill the Chief Minister. Ritesh Tripathi, ACP Ghaziabad, said, 'On the night of June 5, 2025, the Ghaziabad Commissionerate's Kotwali police station received a call from an unknown person who threatened to kill the Chief Minister of Delhi. The Ghaziabad control room immediately informed the Delhi control room. Delhi's local police force promptly responded and reached the spot. The caller could not be contacted thereafter.' 'Efforts are underway to trace the number from which the call was made. Surveillance operations are ongoing, and teams have been formed. The individual responsible for the call will be traced soon, and further legal action will be taken in this case,' he added. Both Ghaziabad and Delhi Police are actively investigating and working to trace the accused. Further details are awaited as the probe continues. (ANI)
NDTV
4 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Gets Death Threat, Security Increased
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's security was increased on Friday after a caller issued a death threat by dialling up the police control room in the neighbouring city of Ghaziabad, an official said. The caller, who made the death threat to Delhi Chief Minister, turned off his mobile phone immediately after communicating the message to the PCR at 11 p.m. on Thursday, said Ghaziabad's Deputy Commissioner of Police (City). The inter-state coordination cell of Ghaziabad Police informed the Delhi Police about the death threat call made in connection with the Delhi Chief Minister, said an official. The police said the SIM owner of the phone from which the death threat was issued to Ms Gupta had been identified with the help of the telecom company, but the phone has remained switched off since 11 p.m. on Thursday. The threat is likely to impact Rekha Gupta's public interactions as her security ring is being strengthened. Threats and attacks on the Delhi Chief Ministers are not new. In 2019, former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by an autorickshaw driver. The accused was upset with Kejriwal for "not fulfilling" poll promises. In 2016, black ink was thrown at Mr Kejriwal during an official event at Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. A woman from a Punjab outfit had attacked Kejriwal to protest an alleged scam in issuing stickers for CNG vehicles in the city. Mr Kejriwal was addressing a public meeting on the success of his government's "odd-even" vehicle rationing system when the attack took place. Even in the run-up to the Assembly elections in February 2025, there was a security scare when a liquid was thrown on Mr Kejriwal while he was undertaking a padyatra in the Savitri Nagar area of Malviya Nagar colony in Delhi.
Indian Express
5 days ago
- Indian Express
In Ghaziabad, an interfaith love story and a three-year-old marriage, interrupted
They were neighbours, went to the same school, and fell in love six years ago. On August 29, 2022, the couple went to the office of the District Magistrate in East Delhi and married under the Special Marriage Act. Yet, on May 24, Akbar Khan, 29, and Sonika Chauhan, 25, by then married for three years, were reduced to their only identity – their faith. On May 25, Sonika's father, Laxman Singh Chauhan, went to the Indirapuram police station in Ghaziabad district of UP and accused Akbar of kidnapping his daughter and wrongfully confining her. A day later, the Ghaziabad Police first arrested Akbar's two sisters, a sister-in-law, a neighbour and then, him. While Akbar and his two sisters are now in judicial custody, the others were released a week later. The couple's friends and Akbar's family members say the 'two were together all the time' so the relationship didn't come as a surprise. 'It was a colony romance. Sonika and Akbar grew up at Nyay Khand in Indirapuram and went to the same school in Khoda (Ghaziabad). Later, when Akbar joined Shyam Lal College in Shahdara, Sonika shifted to Vigyan Vihar School in Indirapuram,' says Ashish Bisht, 23, a common friend of the couple. After college, Akbar, along with his brother Mohammad Arif, ran a couple of Jan Sewa Kendras (community centres that provide essential public services such as Aadhaar, PAN etc) in Indirapuram, and Sonika, after working at an established salon chain in Delhi, set up her own beauty parlour next door to Akbar's shops. In 2022, the two got married under the Special Marriage Act. Akbar's family shared photographs, which they claimed were taken after the wedding, in which Sonika's brother, 23-year-old Sahil, is seen with the couple. Sonika's father, however, says he has no idea of their relationship or that they were married. 'I only knew of Akbar as Sonika's acquaintance. I got to know of the marriage only on May 24,' he says. While Sonika's father didn't reveal the circumstances which led to him 'finding out' about her relationship or marriage to Akbar, Praveen Nagar, an 'active member' of the Bajrang Dal and RSS in Indirapuram, says, 'On May 23, we got to know of this interfaith couple and went to the police around 8.30 pm. I was among those at the police station.' The FIR was registered the following day. Akbar's family says they always knew the two were a couple. 'We were not even surprised when they told us they wanted to get married,' says Akbar's brother Arif, 31, the eldest of four siblings. Akbar's family originally belonged to Bihar's Purnia district and had shifted to UP's Ghaziabad almost 40 years ago, while Sonika's family hailed from Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal. 'It was sometime in 2013 or 2014 that we got to know about their relationship. They have been together since childhood – first in the same colony, then the same school. We never objected… Sonika was like our family,' says Arif. In 2014, Akbar's mother died of asthma. Five years later, his father died during a hernia operation. 'That was a tough time for our family, and Sonika stood with Akbar throughout,' says Arif. He says both families celebrated all festivals together as they lived merely a kilometre apart in Indirapuram. 'They would be at our house every Eid, and we would be at their house every Diwali. There was never an issue of religion, until some dharm ke thekedar (contractors of religion) found out about their relationship now. For three years after they got married, there was no trouble,' Arif says. The unravelling The FIR lodged by the Indirapuram police, however, presented a different picture. In his complaint, Sonika's father Chauhan claimed, 'On Saturday (May 24), at 6 pm, my daughter, who works at a salon, was kidnapped by Akbar and his brother Maksad Khan, who confined her inside their shop next door. When my wife and I reached Akbar's shop, four to five women of his family caught hold of us while Akbar and Maksad told us to get our daughter married to Akbar or they would kill us.' Chauhan further alleged that Akbar then ran away with his daughter from the shop. 'My daughter is scared of Akbar's threats and is under pressure from him,' Chauhan told police. On May 25, the Ghaziabad Police registered an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections related to, among others, wrongful confinement, kidnapping and rioting against Akbar, Maksad Khan, and four to five unidentified women. Police then raided Akbar's house in Indirapuram and arrested four women. They later arrested Akbar and 'handed over' Sonika to her parents. Neighbours say the family, along with Sonika, have since moved to their house in Pauri Garhwal. Before Akbar's arrest, a video of the couple shot inside a moving car surfaced. In the video, Sonika is seen saying, '… He is my husband, Akbar… For the last nine years, we have been together. Three years ago, we got married under the Special Marriage Act. Though my parents had an inkling about it, today… they thrashed me. I am scared, this is why I am leaving to live with my husband.' She says no action should be taken against Akbar's family or her own. 'No action should be taken against my husband's family. I don't want any action against my family either. I am going with my husband of my own accord.' When contacted on May 27, ACP (Indirapuram) Abhishek Srivastava had said they acted promptly once the FIR was lodged. 'We recovered Sonika from Ghaziabad and handed her over to her parents after due process. We also arrested Akbar and his two sisters based on the complaint from Sonika's father… The woman (Sonika) has been sent for a medical examination. She will record her statement before the magistrate in the next two to three days.' Arif, however, says, 'Police never recovered Akbar and Sonika. They surrendered to the police.' He shared a video purportedly showing the couple outside the residence of Ghaziabad's Police Commissioner. An attack follows A day after his arrest, Akbar's shop was attacked. On at least two WhatsApp groups — Indirapuram Yuva Morcha and Uttarakhand Samaj Adhikarik — a call was issued to the 'Hindu Parivar' to assemble outside Akbar's shop on May 26. 'The instances of love jihad are on a constant rise in Indrapuram… to stop the incidents of love jihad and demonstrate the unity of Hindus, we have to gather at the shop of Akbar at around 7 pm,' read one such message. 'We have to take to the streets to protect the honour of our daughters.' A group of around 60 men then attacked Akbar's shop and allegedly vandalised it. Police lodged an FIR against 50-60 unidentified men on May 27 under BNS sections related to rioting, among others. Speaking to The Indian Express, DCP (Trans-Hindon), Ghaziabad, Dasarath Nimish Patil said that though 10 men were identified in the case related to the attack on Akbar's shops, there were no arrests. 'They will be arrested soon,' he says. The Ghaziabad Police is yet to present Sonika before the Ghaziabad district court. 'The investigation is ongoing. We will present her before the court when she is ready,' DCP Patil said. Akbar and his two sisters continue to be in jail. Neetika Jha is a trainee reporter with The Indian Express, Delhi. She covers crime, health, environment as well as stories of human interest, in Noida and Ghaziabad. When not on the field she is probably working on another story idea. On weekends, she loves to read fiction over a cup of coffee (cold coffee if it is summer). The Thursday Murder club and Yellow face were her recent favourites. She loves her garden as much as she loves her job. She is an alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. ... Read More
