Daijiworld Media Network – Jaipur

Jaipur, Mar 2: Jaipur Police have arrested four accused on a production warrant in connection with threatening calls made to assassinate Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.

The accused, who were previously lodged in Dausa Jail, were taken into custody by Vidhayakpuri Police Station and presented in court on Saturday, after which they were remanded for two days.

According to SHO Banwari Lal Meena, the arrested individuals are Rinku alias Randwa (28), a resident of Harsaura, Alwar; Shahzad Khan alias Sajid (28), from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, currently residing in Sanjay Nagar-E, Jhotwara; Jaynarayan (32), a resident of Sadar, Dausa; and Rakesh Joshi (45), also from Sadar, Dausa. Rinku and Shahzad Khan were already incarcerated in Dausa Jail under the POCSO Act.

Investigations revealed that seven days ago, Rinku alias Randwa, a prisoner in Shyalvasa Central Jail, Dausa, called the Jaipur Police Control Room twice, issuing a death threat against Bhajan Lal Sharma. He stated, “I will kill you before midnight.”

Further inquiry uncovered that accused Jaynarayan had purchased a SIM card in his name for Rs 1,500, which was then delivered to Rinku inside the jail by compounder Rakesh Joshi for the same amount.

Jaipur Police is continuing its investigation into how the SIM card was smuggled into the jail and whether the accused had external accomplices, officials said.

Prisoner from Dausa’s Salawas Jail had also threatened to kill the Chief Minister on February 21. Police said that 29-year-old Rinku, imprisoned for life in a rape case, had called the Jaipur Police Control Room and issued a similar threat.

The location of the mobile phone used for the threat call was traced back to Salawas Jail.

Following a four-hour-long intense search operation at the jail premises from 3 am to 7 am, the phone was recovered.
Inspector General of Jail Vikram Singh has been tasked with investigating the matter, as directed by state Home Minister Jawahar Singh Bedham.