Mizoram police on Sunday arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly threatening to assassinate Chief Minister Zoramthanga if he didn’t resign inside three months.
The accused, recognized as Rodinliana alias Apuia Tocchhawng, is a local of Khawzawl city and resident of Chanmari West locality of Aizawl.
Taking to social media, Rodinliana had shared on numerous Fb teams, accusing Zoramthanga of usurping the state’s annual price range for private good points. He additionally claimed that he had employed a sniper to assassinate the chief minister.
In the meantime, Cybercrime Police investigated the pretend account, which glided by the identify ‘Thingtlang Pa’, and traced the accused and arrested him, Mizoram Inspector Common of Police (Headquarters) John Neihlaia instructed PTI.
No weapons have been recovered from his possession, he stated, including that the accused has been booked underneath a number of sections of the Indian Penal Code.
He was additionally beforehand arrested in 2018 for writing a threatening letter to former chief minister Lal Thanhawla, senior police officer stated.