Mumbai: BJP leader and former chairman of the Minorities Department, Haji Arafat Shaikh, 45, approached the Kurla police station after a group of people barged into his house and threatened to kill him. As per Mr Shaikh’s complaint, he had refused to comply with the demand of arranging a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
As per the police, Mr Shaikh resides at Rambo Apartments in Kurla. On Jan 10, Salim Yamani Chaus, a resident of Ahmednagar, came to Mr Shaikh’s house with a group of people and threatened to kill him because his demand to meet the deputy CM to resolve a personal issue had not been met.
After receiving the threat, Mr Shaikh lodged a complaint. An official of Kurla police said that the police have registered a case under sections 447 (criminal trespass) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (both punishable with imprisonment) but no arrest has yet been made in this case.
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