The man who allegedly sent text messages threatening a dozen parliamentarians including Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on April 13,was arrested on Friday. Confirming the arrest,police officers said Narender,a travel agent,stole the driving licence of one Manik Verma,used it to procure two SIM cards and sent messages to 12 parliamentarians. On Friday,a thirteenth name was added to the list after Rajya Sabha MP Rashid Alvi lodged a complaint with the police. A resident of Patel Nagar,Narender was arrested by the Delhi Polices Special Cell from Rajinder Place. He was trying to frame Verma. It was a case of love triangle, said a senior police officer. Verma and Narender were in love with the same woman and to get Verma out of the way,Narender hatched this conspiracy. He stole Vermas driving licence,got Vermas photo from Internet and used them to procure the SIM cards, the officer said. The photograph of Verma must have been clicked seven years ago and was lifted from a social networking website. Verma used to be a model before joining as a coach in Constitution Club gym and had divorced his wife a few years ago. According to officers,Jasvinder Singh,a cellphone shop owner in Gaffar market from whom Narender had bought one of the SIM cards,helped the police prepare his sketch. The arrest was made on basis of the sketch and electronic surveillance of the phone numbers used. Officers said he sent the threatening messages to MPs from Karol Bagh,Tank Road and other adjoining areas of the Central district. The SIM cards were bought for that purpose, the officer said. Besides,a call each had been made to Rashtrapati Bhawan,the Income Tax office and Jeevan Mala office on April 13. The same day,threat messages were sent to the MPs.
