Man threatens industrialist posing as 'human bomb', arrested

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Press Trust of India Sangrur (Pb)
Last Updated : Oct 29 2013 | 10:44 PM IST
A mentally-disturbed man, who threatened a local industrialist posing as "human bomb" and claiming to be a terrorist, was taken into custody by the police today.
Gagandeep Singh (25), a resident of Amargarh near Malerkotla, was caught by police inside the bungalow of the industrialist while posing as a "human bomb" and threatening to blow himself off. He has been sent for medical treatment, police said.
Gagandeep, wearing electric condensers around his body, claimed that he belonged to a terror outfit and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore from the family members, police said.
SSP Mandeep Singh Sidhu said the youth seemed to be mentally disturbed as he was going through a marital dispute and had lost his job as a driver.
The SSP said further interrogations of the accused would be conducted after the medical tests.
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First Published: Oct 29 2013 | 10:44 PM IST