Security provided to oppn Congress MLA following threat calls

Puducherry, September 29: Security was provided to former minister and opposition Congress legislator from Yanam Malladi Krishna Rao following threat calls he received over his mobile, police said here today. He had lodges a complaint to the police regarding the threat calls he received few days ago. Party”s block level committee is observig a bandh today in Yanam demanding action against those behind the threat calls, party surce said. Rao told PTI that he was receiving threat calls over his mobile from an unidentified person for the last few days. The caller had told him that a bomb would be hurled at him, Rao said. Later police identified the caller as on Venkateswara Rao, who confessed to police of having made the calls. Following informations provided by him, police arested two persons.

——PTI