BJP MP withdraws case after probe finds Hindu man posed as Muslim to make death threats

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey said on Wednesday that he has withdrawn a case filed in 2018 after an investigation found that a Hindu man had posed as a Muslim to frame some members of the minority community.

In July 2018, the Delhi Police had filed the case based on a complaint by the Godda MP, who had alleged that a prisoner in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj jail had threatened to kill him, according to The New Indian Express.

On Wednesday, Dubey said on social media that the investigation into the case had found that a resident of Godda district’s Kumardih village, Kundan Kumar Das, had threatened him and “conspired to frame some Muslim boys” in the case.

According to the MP, the mobile that was used to call him had been bought using the name Muhammad Gulfam.

Dubey said that he personally appeared before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday and requested the bench to dismiss the case. “The honourable High Court cancelled the case with a fine of Rs 10,000 and an order that such an incident should not be repeated in the future,” he said.

Dubey had claimed in 2018 that the person who called to threaten him had abused him for bearing the legal expenses of four men accused of lynching two persons on suspicion...

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