A day after threat, another letter found at Allahabad HC

SOURCES SAID THE WRITING ON THE LETTER MATCHED THAT OF THE THREAT LETTER FOUND AT THE ALLAHABAD HC ON THURSDAY

A day after a letter was found at the Allahabad high court that said the building would be blown up by ‘terrorists’ of Chhattisgarh, another letter was found at gate number 3 on Friday morning.

Police said the language was incoherent but it appeared to be a complaint regarding a property dispute. A xerox copy of the identity proof of Abid Ali Siddiqui, a clerk engaged by a high court advocate, was also found with the letter.

Shahid Ali Siddiqui, brother of Abid Ali and an advocate at the high court, claimed Abid was mentally unstable and might have written the letter. Pankaj, additional superintendent of police, high court, is investigating the matter.

Sources said that when Shahid Ali was shown Thursday’s threat letter, he said it was in Abid’s handwriting.

The letter, in Hindi, said ‘terrorists’ of Chhattisgarh have been given ₹50 crore to blow up the court. The letter does not specify who gave the money to the ‘terrorists’. Chhattisgarh is known to be home to Maoists and not terrorists.

Security was tightened in the court and CCTV footage was scanned to identify the person who dropped the threat letter.

A seven-judge bench of the court, in suo motu proceedings last year, had directed the state government and security agencies to tighten security of the high court premises by deploying scanners at all the gates and by providing biometric cards to advocates so that no unauthorised person could enter.

However, till date not much progress has been made in this regard.