Anna Hazare threatened with HIV+ needles in anonymous letter, FIR lodged
Avnish Jolly
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NEW DELHI: Last week the police received a letter that threatened to
inject Anna Hazare and his supporters with needles contaminated with
the HIV virus. The letter said if Anna remained adamant on his Lokpal
agitation, they will be attacked with the deadly virus.
The police, now beginning to take the threat seriously, have
registered an FIR and begun looking for those who sent the letter. The
letter states that "a needle team, which has prepared 500 HIV positive
needles, would inject the virus in atleast 1,000 people at the
demonstration".
This anonymous letter was sent to DCP Central office on December 9.
Delhi Police has registered an FIR under sections 505 (2) - statements
conducting to public mischief, 506 (criminal intimidation) and 507
(criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) of Indian Penal
Code at Daryaganj police station last week and investigations have
begun. The police suspect that "this letter seems to have been posted
to the DCP's office from Delhi itself".
"We are trying to ascertain the identity of the sender though, after
lot of discussions, we have also come to the conclusion that it might
be a prank letter sent by some criminals. But since it is related to
Anna Hazare, we don't want to take any chances as there is already a
threat to his life and to the large number of people who congregate at
his demonstrations," said a police officer.
The letter had stated that there are around 50 "volunteers in this
needle group who are trained and they would use the needles cleverly
on at least 1,000 people".