Nagpur Cops To File Chargesheet Over Threat Calls To Nitin Gadkari

The prime accused in the case has been identified as murder-convict Jayesh Pujari, alias Kantha, who was already behind bars.

The Nagpur police will file the chargesheet in a case registered under anti-terror law UAPA in connection with threatening phone calls made to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

A special NIA court in Nagpur on Monday accepted the request of the city police seeking 50 more days to file the chargesheet after the case could not be transferred to the National Investigation (NIA), he said.

The NIA tried to transfer the case, registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA, at the Dhantoli police station in Nagpur, and filed applications before special NIA courts in Bangalore and Nagpur, the official said.

However, both courts rejected the applications and directed the federal agency to approach the Supreme Court, according to a senior police official. "The NIA is yet to file the application with the apex court, leaving the UAPA case in the hands of the city police," said the official.