Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested two persons for allegedly issuing threat to blow up Ram Temple in Ayodhya and harm Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The accused, arrested on Wednesday night from Vibhuti Khand in Gomti Nagar, reportedly claimed that they were the ones who had issued the threat.
Identified as Tahar Singh (30) and Om Prakash Mishra (31) both are residents of Gonda district.
The STF has also recovered mobile phones, a WiFi router and DBR of CCTVs installed at the place from where the e-mail threats were issued.
Circle Officer STF Pramesh Shukla said during investigations the two accused named one Devendra Tiwari who runs an NGO.
He said the accused named Tiwari and said that he had asked them to issue threats. Tiwari is absconding, police said.
IANS with edits