BSP MLA receives extortion letter
A BSP MLA has allegedly received an extortion letter demanding Rs 22 crore from him, police said Saturday.
Ramveer Upadhyay, who is an MLA from Sadabad and a former UP minister,
registered a complaint on Friday that he received a letter demanding Rs 22 crore as 'rangdaari' (extortion), Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Siddhartha Verma said.
The letter received on Wednesday also threatened to abduct a minor member of Upadhyay's family in case the demand was not met, the ASP said.
A case has been registered and the matter is being probed, he said.
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First Published: May 18 2019 | 7:16 PM IST