Singer Udit Narayan receives death threats and abusive calls; seeks police help

Singer Udit Narayan has been receiving death threats from an unknown number for the last one month. Finally, he has asked the help of the anti-extortion cell (AEC) of the Mumbai crime branch. The calls were made from a stolen mobile phone and police has traced it. Bharat Gaikwad, a senior police inspector of Amboli police station, told Hindustan Times, “As there had been a threat, as per the SOP (standard operating procedure) the statement was sent to the AEC of the crime branch for inquiry.”

The police officer further said, “As per Narayan’s statement, the caller has been abusing and threatening him. We have increased patrolling near Narayan’s residence. Police personnel have been deployed in the vicinity in plain clothes to keep a constant watch on suspicious people.”

Gaikwad also told that the caller first called Narayan about a month ago. The second call came on July 17 and the third call was on July 23. From the inquiry, they came to know that the phone number was registered in the name of one of the security guards of Udit Narayan’s building.

When police asked the guard, he said that his phone was stolen three months ago when he was traveling to Bihar by train.

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