Teenager detained for issuing threat to UP CM

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (File)

A teenager has been detained for allegedly issuing a threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said on Monday.

The 16-year-old boy had sent a message threatening the chief minister on the WhatsApp number of the 112 emergency service on Sunday after which an FIR was registered at the Sushant Golf City police station, they said.

Police, however, did not divulge contents of the message but said it was for “threatening” the CM.

The teenager was detained on Sunday. The mobile phone and the SIM card used for the threat have been recovered, police said.

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