Police files NCR on complaint of threat from BJP's Vijender Gupta

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 25 2018 | 2:55 PM IST
BJP leader Vijender Gupta has lodged a complaint alleging that he was threatened on Twitter by an AAP functionary, following which a case was registered, a police officer said today.
The police registered a non-cognisable report (NCR) under the charge of criminal intimidation last night. Gupta on Friday alleged that AAP leader Dilip Kumar had threatened him with assault on the micro-blogging site, he said.
He lodged the complaint at the Parliament Street police station and the matter is being investigated, the officer said.
Gupta is also the Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly.
The BJP leader, in a tweet, had commented against the alleged assault on the Delhi chief secretary by AAP MLAs at the chief minister's residence last week.
To this, Kumar, in a rely on Twitter, had allegedly warned Gupta not to go near Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal or he would be assaulted.

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First Published: Feb 25 2018 | 2:55 PM IST

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