On WhatsApp, Bengal student 'offered Rs 65 lakh to assassinate Mamata Banerjee'
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Updated: Oct 18, 2017, 11.19 AM IST
KOLKATA: A 19-year-old student from Behrampore in West Bengal's Murshidabad district was on Monday shocked to receive an offer through WhatsApp to help assassinate chief minister Mamata Banerjee for a reward of $100,000.
The phone number used to communicate with the polytechnic student is from Florida in the US. The West Bengal CID has started a probe.
"I started receiving the messages from somebody, who identified himself as Latin, soon after 1pm on Monday. He said he works for a terrorist organisation and is looking for a partner in India," the student from Behrampore said.
According to the transcript of the conversation, to which TOI has access, the unidentified person wrote: "We will pay you $100,000 for helping us. You will be safe don't worry. Are you ready?" The student then asked him to wait. To this, the person at the other end wrote: "Ok. Do fast or else we will choose another guy. Don't let $100,000 go away," This communication occurred at 1.10 pm.
The student wrote: "No, thanks."
The person at the other end was online again at 2.46 pm and called the teen a loser.
At 3.30pm, the person said he planned to visit India. When the student told him he loved his country and did not want to see it destroyed, the person replied: "We will not destroy India. We just want to kill one person."
The phone number used to communicate with the polytechnic student is from Florida in the US. The West Bengal CID has started a probe.
"I started receiving the messages from somebody, who identified himself as Latin, soon after 1pm on Monday. He said he works for a terrorist organisation and is looking for a partner in India," the student from Behrampore said.
According to the transcript of the conversation, to which TOI has access, the unidentified person wrote: "We will pay you $100,000 for helping us. You will be safe don't worry. Are you ready?" The student then asked him to wait. To this, the person at the other end wrote: "Ok. Do fast or else we will choose another guy. Don't let $100,000 go away," This communication occurred at 1.10 pm.
The student wrote: "No, thanks."
The person at the other end was online again at 2.46 pm and called the teen a loser.
At 3.30pm, the person said he planned to visit India. When the student told him he loved his country and did not want to see it destroyed, the person replied: "We will not destroy India. We just want to kill one person."
(This article was originally published in The Times of India)
