Delhi cops reveal IM threat to Kejriwal, ask him to accept Z security

Terror outfit Indian Mujahideen is planning to abduct Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in exchange for the release of its key member Yaseen Bhatkal who was arrested along the Indo-Nepal border on 27 August last year, police sources claimed today. [caption id=“attachment_1347935” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI[/caption] A team from the security wing of Delhi Police has briefed Kejriwal about this threat and requested him to take ‘Z’ category security cover, the top sources said. However, the response of the Delhi Chief Minister in this regard was not immediately clear. Senior Police officials said that they had received an input in this regard from intelligence agencies. Kejriwal has been declining to take security cover in keeping up with his Aam Aadmi Party’s policy to end VIP culture in politics. A special NIA court on Friday allowed the plea by Karnataka Police to interrogate Bhatkal in connection with the blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore in April, 2010. Bhatkal, who hails from Bhatkal village in the Udupi district of north Karnataka, was allegedly involved in a string of terror attacks in Ahmedabad, Surat, Bangalore, Pune, Delhi and Hyderabad, the NIA had said. He was earlier associated with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and is alleged to have hatched a conspiracy with others to wage a war against India. PTI