Moradabad, July 8 (IANS) Three persons have been arrested for allegedly threatening a supporter of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in this Uttar Pradesh district.The complainant had uploaded a social media status supporting Nupur Sharma following which the accused allegedly threatened to kill him.All the three accused are in police custody for questioning, officials said.Additional SP Sagar Jain said: "The accused -- Mohammed Faizan, Shahnawaz Alam and Danish -- had threatened to kill the complainant Nirmal Kumar for supporting Nupur Sharma. The accused allegedly said that Nirmal will face a similar fate as those killed in Amravati and Udaipur."
--IANS amita/shb/
(Disclaimer: This post has been auto published from IANS news agency without any modification to the text and has not been reviewed by editor)
