Mumbai Police release woman held for issuing threat message on UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Last updated:Nov 4, 2024, 2:45 PM IST

The official said she was taken to Mumbai for interrogation, booked and released later on Sunday.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath (Image: PTI)

Mumbai Police have released the 24-year-old woman who was arrested for allegedly issuing a death threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after questioning her, an official said on Monday.

Fatima Khan, an IT graduate who lived with her family in Ulhasnagar of Thane district, was nabbed by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad and police in a joint operation.

The official said she was taken to Mumbai for interrogation, booked and released later on Sunday.

Woman mentally unstable: police

Police say Khan is well qualified but mentally unstable. Her father works in the timber trade.

The Mumbai traffic police on Saturday received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number threatening that if Adityanath did not resign as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh within 10 days, he would be killed like NCP leader Baba Siddique, who was shot last month .

During investigation, it was found that Khan had sent the message and she was apprehended by the ATS and Ulhasnagar police in a joint operation.

Police are on alert as Adityanath is expected to visit Maharashtra to campaign for the November 20 assembly elections.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)