Two detained for call threatening Modi’s assassination

The Ahmedabad police city crime branch has detained two persons in connection with telephone calls to the police control room that were made late Sunday night, threatening to kill Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

While confirming the detention of two persons, sources said the duo was being interrogated, but declined to reveal their identity due to the sensitive nature of the matter.

According to police control room, an anonymous caller said two persons were in the city to assassinate Modi and an IPS officer with silencer gun, whose name was withheld, at a public function, while the second caller gave specific locations where the hit men would kill the CM.

The Chief Minister’s Z-plus security was stepped up yesterday after recieving this call. Bullet proof podiums were put on the stage. However Modi refused to use bullet proof podiums.