Two AAP MLAs get extortion calls, police lodge FIR

New Delhi: Police are investigating gangsters who have called up two lawmakers issuing threat to them.

Two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha and Ambedkar Nagar MLA Ajay Dutt received separate extortion calls from unknown numbers.

Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha was the first to receive call on June 20 from an unknown number demanding protection money.

"When I informed the caller that I was in the middle of a meeting, I was sent an audio recording of the threat. I have been receiving these audio recordings, phone calls and messages constantly throughout the day since then, demanding protection money," Jha said.

Ajay Dutt received an audio recording of the treat on June 22 on WhatsApp

" They also sent me a written note in which they demanded Rs 5 lakh by 12 pm the following day," Dutt said. The man on the other end identified himself as Vicky Cobra.

"It is horrifying that someone can send such messages to an elected representatives of the people. We feel the Police are not taking the case seriously, which is unfortunate," he said.

Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalwa said that based on the complaint of Jha, an FIR was registered on June 21 at the Special Cell police station under the applicable sections of IPC and IT Act.

"Today, a similar complaint was received from Ajay Dutt, who allegedly received threats from the same international number, following which another case has been registered," Nalwa said.

Nalwa informed that the Special Cell of Delhi Police is currently trying to trace the culprits.

Meanwhile, AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for what he said poor law and order situation in the national capital.

"If he [Amit Shah] dislikes the legislators of AAP so much and if he cannot handle the law and order situation in the national capital, he might as well line up all our MLAs one after another and shoot them," Singh said.

Source: IANS