K'taka HC judges get death threat, FIR filed

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: The Central CEN Crime Police Station has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against unknown suspects after the press relations officer of the High Court of Karnataka filed a complaint about threats to the lives of several High Court of Karnataka judges. K Muralidhar, the officer, filed the complaint on July 14, 2023 at 7 PM.

He had received messages on the WhatsApp messenger from an international number at around 7 PM on July 12.

His mobile number is the one provided to him officially by the High Court. The message in Hindi, Urdu and English allegedly threatened to kill Muralidhar and six judges of the High Court including Justice Mohammed Nawaz, Justice HT Narendra Prasad, Justice Ashok G Nijagannavar (retired), Justice HP Sandesh, Justice K Natarajan and Justice B Veerappa (retired) through a ‘Dubai gang’.

The message also contained five suspicious mobile phone numbers.