Ahmedabad: A Gujarat-based researched who had claimed last week that he was attacked with a chemical spray and received a threat from ISIS, had concocted the whole story for publicity, the police said on Friday.
A joint investigation by Surendernagar police and Cyber Crime Cell of Ahmedabad Crime Branch found that Dr Mukesh Shukla who is in his 60s, himself prepared the 'threat letter' written in Arabic, and later staged the 'chemical attack', said Surendranagar Superintendent of Police Dipak Meghani.
On April 21, Dr Shukla, who claims to have conducted research on AIDS, filed a police complaint stating that three men attacked him with a chemical spray near his house. They also looted Rs 24,000 and a pen drive which had crucial data related to his HIV-AIDS research, he said.
"A month prior to the attack he had approached us with a threat letter written in Arabic, and claimed that ISIS had threatened to kill him if he did not hand over his AIDS treatment formula," the police said.
"The chemical sprayed on him was similar to pepper spray used by women for self-defence. Shukla had bought two spray bottles from a mall in Ahmedabad on March 3 and later cooked up the story of attack," said Mr Meghani.
He also wanted to gain sympathy of some people from whom he had borrowed huge amounts of money, the SP said.
A joint investigation by Surendernagar police and Cyber Crime Cell of Ahmedabad Crime Branch found that Dr Mukesh Shukla who is in his 60s, himself prepared the 'threat letter' written in Arabic, and later staged the 'chemical attack', said Surendranagar Superintendent of Police Dipak Meghani.
On April 21, Dr Shukla, who claims to have conducted research on AIDS, filed a police complaint stating that three men attacked him with a chemical spray near his house. They also looted Rs 24,000 and a pen drive which had crucial data related to his HIV-AIDS research, he said.
"A month prior to the attack he had approached us with a threat letter written in Arabic, and claimed that ISIS had threatened to kill him if he did not hand over his AIDS treatment formula," the police said.
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"The chemical sprayed on him was similar to pepper spray used by women for self-defence. Shukla had bought two spray bottles from a mall in Ahmedabad on March 3 and later cooked up the story of attack," said Mr Meghani.
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He also wanted to gain sympathy of some people from whom he had borrowed huge amounts of money, the SP said.
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