Sar tan se juda...: Ghaziabad doctor gets death threat from US-based unknown number for 'supporting Hindutva outfits'

According to the FIR, the caller threatened Dr Arvind Vats Akela, a resident of the Ambedkar colony, Ghaziabad, that he would meet the same fate as Umesh Kolhe.

TN National Desk

Updated Sep 13, 2022, 11:19 IST

Ghaziabad Police received a complaint from Dr Akela that he received death threats from an unknown number in the US

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Ghaziabad: A doctor in Ghaziabad on Monday received a death threat from a US-based mobile number warning that he would be beheaded if he continued to support Hindutva outfits. According to a First Information Report (FIR) lodged at the Sihani gate Police Station in Ghaziabad, the doctor, Arvind Vats Akela, a resident of Ambedkar colony, received a death threat from an unknown number on September 1.

According to the FIR, a missed WhatsApp call was received from an unknwon number in the US at about 11.30 pm on September 1. When the complainant tried to call back, it could not get connected. On September 2, another call was received from the same number at about 7 pm. The person on the other side identified himself as one Stephan Grant and spoke to Akela for about five minutes.

Modi, Adityanath will not be able to save you: Caller

According to the excerpts of the FIR, the caller made references to Kanhaiya Kumar (sic) and Umesh Kolhe and said that he will meet the same fate as the two. "Gustakh e rasool ki ek hi saza. Sar tan se juda, sar tan se juda," the caller said, adding, "Your Modi, Yogi Adityanath will not be able to save you. We will send you where Dr Umesh, Kanhaiya Kumar were sent. My people are watching your every movement," the caller said.

It may be noted that Kolhe, a pharmacist from Amravati in Maharashtra, was killed by two men by stabbing in June. In the same month, a shopkeeper named Kanhaiya Lal was murdered in broad daylight in Rajasthan's Udaipur.

The caller also allegedly sent three photographs on Akela's WhatsApp number. Though the complainant tried to make several calls to the number, the calls could not be connected. On September 7, a missed call was received from the number, following which Akela approached the police. In the complaint, he has appealed to the police to search and arrest the person making the threat calls and claimed that his life is in danger.

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