IAS officer faces death threat, ₹5cr demand

IAS officer faces death threat, ₹5cr demand 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK  29.09.2024 

Lucknow : Additional MD of UPSRTC in Lucknow was threatened to be shot dead if he did not pay Rs 5 crore. He was later asked to pay Rs 1.5 crore. The IAS officer lodged a complaint, but the police have yet to get any lead. As per reports, the officer received a video call around 10pm on Sep 24. Thereafter, he got several calls from different mobile numbers and was told to pay Rs 5 crore or else a video featuring him would be go viral. Even telling the callers that he was an IAS officer failed to deter them from making extortion calls. Police said the officer was first asked to pay Rs 5 crore, and the caller and the person sending the message threate ned that if the money was not paid, a video of the officer would be made viral on social media.

According to the IAS officer, on Sep 25 and 27, he received calls and messages from different numbers and the callers had now reduced the demand to Rs 1.50 crore. In a message, the accused even wrote to the officer that he would kill him in the middle of the road. The officer complained to ACP Hazratganj Arvind Kumar on Friday and on the police officer’s direction, a case was registered at Hazratganj police station. Since the incident involved an IAS officer, police did not share the information with media. SHO, Hazratganj, Vikram Singh said location of the person calling and the one who sent the message was being traced.