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Security was beefed up at Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence and office in Maharashtra on Saturday after a man claiming to be a member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang made threatening calls and demanded Rs 100 crore, police said.
As per report by PTI, The caller has been identified and a crime branch team has been sent to track him down in Karnataka, a police official said on Saturday night.
Three threat calls were received on the landline number of Gadkari’s Public Relations office in Khamla area between 11.25 am to 12.30 pm, following which security was strengthened at the home and office of the Nagpur MP who belongs to BJP.
