Mangaluru: A young BJP activist and lawyer of the city Mahammad Asgar has filed a complaint at Konaje Police Station alleging that he received threat call from an unidentified person.

According to the complaint filed at the police station, Asgar alleged that he received threat call in the wake of his recent remarks that CAA and NRC does not pose any threat or danger to Muslim community and they need not be bothered about it.

Asgar added in the complaint that he had posted Pro CAA and NRC remarks on social media platforms and the threat calls were in the wake of those posts. He added that he received a call from a foreign number threatening to kill him, followed by a similar voice message on WhatsApp.

Asgar has demanded immediate arrest of the caller while also calling for security cover to him and his family.

A case has been registered at Konaje police station in this regard.

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Ballia (UP) (PTI): Police registered separate cases against a village development officer and an assistant accountant for showing an elderly dead and disposing of a file related to documents of staff, respectively, an official said on Thursday.

In the first case, an FIR has been lodged at Bhimpura police station against the then village development officer (secretary), Savita, on charges of falsely showing an elderly man as dead during a verification, leading to the stoppage of his old-age pension.

According to police, a case was registered on Wednesday, based on the complaint of Assistant Development Officer Siyar block, Manoj Kumar Singh, under Section 198 (public servant disobeying law with intent to cause injury to any person) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The complainant alleged that Umashankar, a resident of Govindpur Dubauli village, was shown dead despite being alive, resulting in the discontinuation of his pension.

District Magistrate Mangala Prasad Singh ordered the registration of a case against the verification officer, police said.

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Police are probing the matter, Rasra Circle Officer Alok Gupta said.

In a separate incident, an FIR has been registered at Ballia city Kotwali against Manish Kumar Ojha, assistant accountant at Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls’ School, Belhari, under Section 316(4) (criminal breach of trust) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The case was registered based on the complaint of the District Basic Education Officer Manish Kumar Singh, police said.

According to the complainant, the assistant accountant had allegedly made files related to discrepancies in PAN cards of some teachers and staff working in government-run council schools in the district go missing.

Police officials said investigations are underway in both cases.