Last Updated on 08/08/2024 by Arun jain
In Betul, Madhya Pradesh, Rs 1.25 lakh was being demanded in the name of BJP national president JP Nadda. The accused was demanding money for some program. A QR code was also sent to the party MLA to transfer the money. The police have arrested the accused from Uttar Pradesh.
Actually, BJP MLA from Amla seat of Betul district, Dr. Yogesh Pandagre received a phone call three-four days ago. The caller introduced himself as Neeraj Singh and said that he was the office staff of BJP national president JP Nadda.
Neeraj Singh was repeatedly calling the MLA and demanding Rs 1.25 lakh. The caller was demanding money to organise a programme of BJP national president JP Nadda. He asked the MLA to transfer the money online and for this he also sent a QR code on the MLA’s WhatsApp.
When MLA Dr. Yogesh Pandagre got suspicious, he lodged a complaint in the Ganj police station. With the help of the cyber team, the police arrested the accused Neeraj Singh Rathore, son of Shivraj Singh Rathore (39 years), resident of village Umri, district Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh from Kanpur.
On interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime of making a fake call to the MLA and demanding money. A mobile phone and SIM card of mobile number 9336218380 have been seized from the accused. Ganj police station registered a case against accused Neeraj Singh under section 308(2)BNS 2023, 66(D) IT Act and he was produced in the court, from where he was sent to jail.
‘The National President wants to talk to you…’
BJP MLA Yogesh Pandagre said, “I received a call from someone who was claiming to be an official of the BJP office. He told me that the BJP national president wants to talk to you. Then I received a call again and I talked to him. I was told to come on the 10th as we have to plan something further. I understood from the voice that this is a fake call because these days such things are being done. I called Delhi and informed them about the situation that MLAs are being lured by making fake calls like this. I lodged an FIR regarding this. The police arrested the accused from Kanpur. A demand of Rs. 1.25 lakh was made. I also spoke to my colleagues and alerted them too. In the name of cabinet expansion, an online transaction of Rs. 1.25 lakh was demanded. Earlier also this person has been caught doing such work in Rajasthan.”
Demanded Rs 1.25 lakh and also sent QR code
SDOP Shalini Paraste says that on August 4, Amla MLA Yogesh Pandagre had lodged a written complaint in Thana Ganj that a person named Neeraj has been calling him for three-four days and demanding money. The said person demanded one lakh twenty-five thousand rupees and also sent a QR code. In this case, the help of cyber cell was taken and the accused was arrested from Kanpur. The name of the accused is Neeraj Singh Rathore, who is a resident of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. He was talking about organizing an event by introducing himself as the staff of the National President of Bharatiya Janata Party. In this case, the accused has been arrested and sent to judicial custody.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)