Death threat posted on Advani's website traced to Mau in UP

Lucknow, Feb 6 (PTI) The death threat, posted on the
website of India's Leader of the Opposition and BJP prime
ministerial candidate L K Advani, has been traced to Mau district of northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where some persons have been picked up by the police for questioning, Home department sources said here.

"We have deployed ATS team to probe into the threat post,
which originated from Mau district. A few persons have been
picked up from there for questioning", a senior Home
Department official told PTI.

One person Sadiq Masood, a software engineer of one
Webdot Software Institute has been detained in Mau by the
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team, sources said adding that he
was being questioned by the personnel about his role.

"The computer of the insitute was used to sent the post
to Advani", sources said, adding that they were still probing
the matter.

Advani had Thursday informed the Centre that he had
received a death threat posted on his website on February 4
reportedly by a Pakistan-based terror organisation
Harkat-ul-Mujahiddin.

The one-para post threatened harnessing of new technology
weapons that could easily be used against public
personalities.

The post was immediately removed by Advani's office on
February 4 itself. PTI AP