Santanu Sen files complaint against 'threat calls'

KOLKATA: Tension was triggered after Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha Dr Santanu Sen was allegedly threatened by some unknown persons over phone. He lodged a complaint with the Sinthi police station in this regard on Saturday.

According to the complaint lodged by Sen, he has been receiving threat calls from unknown numbers, stating that they would kill him. Sen alleged that three callers were using the same number to threaten him. Some other numbers were also used to threaten him with dire consequences.

According to sources, Sen was getting such calls since almost one and a half months. Initially, he did not pay any attention to the calls but the problem escalated since the last few weeks. It was alleged that he was getting threats frequently.

Sen alleged that sometimes, the caller told him that he would be killed. He was told that his family members would be killed as well. During the last two calls, he was told that explosives will be placed near his residence to blow up the house.

Later, Sen informed the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about the phone calls. Following that, he lodged a complaint with Sinthi police station, narrating the whole incident.

He also stated that he is not afraid of such calls but intimated the police to act accordingly. He also provided the mobile numbers to the investigating officers.

Based on Sen's complaint, an FIR has been initiated on charges of 506 IPC (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 IPC (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) against unknown persons.

Till Sunday night, no one has been arrested in the case. Sleuths are trying to get the details of the phone numbers which were used to threaten Sen. Police are also trying to locate the tower location of the mobile numbers.