Gujarat Police has started investigation after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) state president Sabir Kabaliwala received multiple death threats and extortion calls on his phone allegedly from an unidentified person. . Punjabi singer-politician Sidhu Moosewala murdered,
According to the police, a first information report ,FIR) against unidentified persons at the Gaikwad Haveli police station in Ahmedabad on Wednesday morning after Kabaliwala filed a complaint that he received more than 20 death threats from a man between 9:50 pm and 12 pm on Tuesday night, Who identified himself as Imran. Kabaliwala called the helpline number 100 for police assistance at his Astodia residence in Ahmedabad late on Tuesday night.
“At around 9:50 on Tuesday night, I was sitting in the car near Rani Sipri Masjid in Estodiya when I received a call on my phone’s WhatsApp from an unknown number in which the caller identified himself as Imran and Claims that he has recently killed a Punjabi singer. Sidhu Musewala And claimed that a person named Satyug Maharaj had given the contract to kill me. He then disconnected the WhatsApp voice call and made a video call in which a bag full of Rs 2,000 notes was visible. Then the caller told me that he wants money from me, otherwise he will kill me. He further claimed that he knew I was sitting in his car and asked me to stay where his men were watching me nearby. Then he said that he is giving me an ultimatum of two hours to make the payment and will send the bank details soon,” Kabaliwala said in his police complaint.
“Then, at around 10:43 am, I received a WhatsApp message mentioning an SBI bank account in the name of one Minhaj Khatoon. The caller made 12 voice calls after 11:30 pm which I did not pick up. Then he sent me a 30-minute video of Moosewala’s murder. The caller was continuously calling me which I kept on rejecting. Then around 12 o’clock, he sent me an audio clip in which he said that he was giving me an ultimatum of three to four days, and if I call him back tomorrow morning everything will be fine (or) no, he advises me. May all my last wishes be fulfilled in these three-four days. Realizing the gravity of the situation, I called 100 for police help.
Senior police officers of Ahmedabad told Indian Express That the FIR was registered under Section 507 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for criminal intimidation by unknown means and against 387 unknown persons for attempt to extort by fear of death.
Danish Qureshi, spokesperson of AIMIM Gujarat, said: “Our president Sabirbhai received several threatening calls, following which he sought help from the police. We will take up this issue.”
The AIMIM is facing a number of issues in its Gujarat unit, which recently included its vice-president Shamshad Pathan and over three dozen office bearers in Ahmedabad and Godhra.