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Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal took oath as a minister in the Shinde cabinet at Raj Bhavan on Sunday.
Police have identified the accused as Prashant Patil, a resident of Chandgarh in Kolhapur district.
Patil claimed in the call to the minister’s PA that he had taken a “supari” (contract) to eliminate the NCP leader.
Bhujbal, who was among the nine Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders inducted into the Shinde-Fadnavis government on July 2, was in the city on Monday.
His PA Santosh Gaikwad (41), who lives in Worli, Mumbai, lodged a complaint Threat Call the Koregaon Park police.
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Thereafter, a crime branch team tracked the call to Mahad and took Patil into custody there.
“We are bringing him here and will interrogate him about the motive behind the call and how he obtained the PA number of the minister. He has passed his HSC examination, said a senior police officer.