Man held in Prayagraj for threatening to bomb CM Yogi Adityanath

A man who had threatened to bomb Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media a few days ago has been detained here, police said on Friday.

The accused has been identified as Anirudh Pandey, a first-year law student and resident of the Sarai Inayat



police station area, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ganganagar) Abhishek Bharti said.

According to DCP Bharti, Pandey confessed during interrogation that he had posted the threat on microblogging platform X to garner fame and got the idea from YouTube videos.