A man was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister Vijay Shah and sending obscene messages to him, according to a police officer on Saturday.
The police apprehended the accused from Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, and charged him under the National Security Act (NSA).
Khandwa Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Kumar Rai informed media, “On March 13, a person sent obscene messages to state Cabinet Minister Vijay Shah and also gave death threats to him. Upon receiving information, the police registered a case at Harsud police station and began an investigation into the matter. We got the information that the accused was in Rajasthan, and after that, we took him into custody from Sawai Madhopur, a city in Rajasthan. Today, he has been arrested, and the NSA is also invoked against him.”
The officer confirmed that further investigation is ongoing, adding that the police have increased the security around the minister considering the recent incident.
Meanwhile, the minister expressed his concerns, stating, “We make development in the region, and when the anti-social elements of the society fail to protest, they step into such despicable acts. Today, these women are here because it’s about their brother’s life and dignity. He (Mukesh Darabar, the accused) threatened my wife that he would make her a widow. If a leader uses such words for another leader, will these women spare them? But I don’t want these women to take the law into their own hands. All of these women wanted to go to Mukesh Darabar’s home and meet his parents. Imagine what will happen if they go there. I am bound by law, I am a minister, and hence, I tolerate all these, but the people of my constituency won’t tolerate such things.”
The minister further added, “Along with Mukesh Darbar, there are four more people who are the leaders of Harsud, the police will catch them. I trust the administration that they will take proper action against the accused.”