Angry with hotelier, man calls cops with 'info' on threat to CM Shinde; booked

A noncognisable offence was registered against a man for calling up the police control room claiming a plot to kill Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at a hotel in Lonavala in Pune district an official said on SundayThe investigation revealed the man Avinash Waghmare was drunk and made the call on Saturday to teach a lesson to the owner of the hotel for allegedly overcharging him for a bottle of waterA day earlier the State Intelligence Department SID had received specific input about the threat to the life of CM Shinde State Intelligence Commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre had saidAfter specific information we have taken necessary action and have increased the security of the chief minister Dumbre had told PTIAdditional security has been provided to the CM who enjoys a Z Plus category security cover he said adding that security has also been stepped up at Shindes private residence in Thane and the official residence Varsha in MumbaiA police official in Mumbai on Sunday night suggested the threat input was linked to the NC case registered in PuneWaghmare who was travelling from Ghatkopar in Mumbai to Sangli in a private bus allegedly made the call on Saturday to the control room claiming a plan was being hatched in the Lonavala hotel to kill the chief minister the official saidAlso Read Intelligence department receives input about threat to CM Shindes lifeWaghmare later admitted he was drunk when he made the call to get the police on the trail of the hotelier with whom he had quarrelled for being overcharged for a bottle of water the official addedFollowing the call our team reached the hotel and found that the caller was travelling in a bus Our team tried to call the person back to get details but he was not answeringLater the location of the phone was traced and the man was made to alight said Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Abhinav DeshmukhWaghmare was travelling alone in a private bus and was on his way to Sangli He told us he made the call by mistake as he was drunk He said the bus halted at the hotel for dinner on Saturday where he had a tiff with the hotel owner over the price of a water bottle the SP saidHe called up the police control room with the story of a plot being hatched in a hotel room intending to teach a lesson to the owner the SP addedHe asked the police to visit the hotel as soon as possible and boarded the bus and left for his destination We have filed a noncognizable case against Waghmare under Indian Penal Code section 177 knowingly furnishing false information to a public servant Deshmukh addedEarlier in the day the chief minister had said the state police department was taking all precautionary measures to ensure his safety in the wake of the threat to his lifeEven when I was not the chief minister I had received threats from Naxalites antinational elements I am a man of masses and no one can stop me from being among people he had saidNo one should try to do any such thing the chief minister said while responding to a question on the death threatShinde had received a threat letter suspected to have been sent by Naxalites last October when he was the Urban Development Minister and also guardian minister of Gadchiroli district affected by NaxalismShinde became the chief minister on June 30 this year after his rebellion with Shiv Sena MLAs led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackerayled government He is scheduled to address his first Dussehra rally at MMRDA grounds in Mumbai on October 5This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever