Uttar Pradesh Police has detained a Class 11 pupil from Bihar’s Purnia district for allegedly threatening to bomb the Maha Kumbh Mela beginning January 13 in Prayagraj, officers stated on Monday.
Senior Superintendent of Police (Kumbh), Rajesh Dwivedi, stated the 17-year-old pupil, who was dropped at Prayagraj on Sunday for questioning, has been despatched to a remand residence.
The accused allegedly created a faux Instagram profile within the identify of 1 his classmates to settle a rating, and posted provocative content material from it, together with a risk to kill 1,000 devotees on the Maha Kumbh, the SSP stated.
Police took up the probe after submitting a case on the Mela Kotwali police station beneath related sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Data Know-how Act, he added.
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