Two brothers were arrested in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh today after one of them allegedly tweeted that he was going to kill Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, police said.
"We arrested Jitendra (32) and Bharat Arjunwar (25) under the Information Technology Act and releant IPC sections. Jitendra had tweeted five times between August 2 and 7 that he was going to kill the chief minister," Bhopal Police Cyber Cell's Additional Superintendent of Police Sudeep Goenka said.
Bharat (25) had allegedly bought a mobile SIM card for his brother to activate his Twitter account, he said.
Jitendra Arjunwar had returned from Pakistan in May. He had been imprisoned in Pakistan after he inadvertently crossed into the neighbouring country from Gujarat border in 2013, the police officer said.
Police came across the threatening tweets on August 7 when Chouhan was visiting Seoni district.
"Both were brought here and questioned thoroughly before they were set free on bail," the ASP said.
"No organisation was found to be behind the threat. Jitendra appears to have made the threat due to some personal reasons or just for publicity," he added.
He is also suffering from sickle cell anaemia and has a problem in the hipbone which requires him to walk with support, the officer said.
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