Mumbai Police on Monday arrested a man for alleged involvement in a death threat to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.
Accused Sagar Barve is working in the data feeding and analytics section of a private firm, a Mumbai Police official said.
"The Mumbai Crime Branch, which was probing the case, brought Barve to Mumbai. He was presented in court and has been remanded in police custody till Tuesday," the official said.
Barve has allegedly posted death threats against Sharad Pawar on Facebook. According to police, he had created two fake accounts to post the threats.
Reacting to the alleged threats, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had directed the police to beef up security for the former CM.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had also said that although there are ideological differences with the NCP, issuing threats to a prominent Opposition leader won't be tolerated.
