The Uttar Pradesh Police received a WhatsApp message threatening to kill Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the WhatsApp helpline number of the state police.
The police said the message was sent allegedly by a person named Shahid on the WhatsApp number of Dial-112 helpline.
As per the purported text, Shahid has threatened to kill the CM with a bomb.
The Lucknow Police have filed an FIR Sushant Golf City police station.
The police have formed several teams to trace the accused with the help of the cyber cell. The number of the accused is being traced and put under surveillance.
The officials added that the accused would be traced soon and grilled to know the reasons behind sending such death threat.