MAN THREATENS TO KILL POET KUMAR VISHWAS; ARRESTED

GHAZIABAD: Police on Sunday arrested a 39-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill poetpolitician Kumar Vishwas.

The arrest was made on the basis of an FIR lodged at the Indirapuram police station on November 18 over a complaint by Vishwas’s manager Praveen Pandey.

According to the FIR, the suspect Lokesh Shukla, who lives in Indore’s Sudama Nagar area, had sent multiple e-mails to Vishwas over the last few days.

Shukla also allegedly made objectionable comments about Lord Ram and warned Vishwas against using the deity’s name in his public programmes, according to the FIR. In one of the emails, Shukla threatened to kill Vishwas, according to the FIR.

“The FIR was lodged under Section 507, 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 66F of the IT Act,” said Devpal Singh Pundir, of the Indirapuram station.