RAIGARH: It has reported that an inmate from a jail in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district allegedly sent a threat letter to a Raigarh-based steel plant of industrialist and former Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Naveen Jindal demanding Rs 50 crore from him, police said on Tuesday.
According to a report by PTI, the letter was delivered by post at the Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) factory in Patrapali village last week, a police official said.
It carried a demand of Rs 50 crore from the businessman with a warning of dire consequences if the money was not paid within 48 hours, he said.
An investigation revealed the letter was written by an inmate of Bilaspur central jail following which the Kotra Road police on Monday booked him under Indian Penal Code Sections 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation), the official said.
Further investigation was underway, he added.
Who is Naveen Jindal?
A well-known Indian Industrialist and Philanthropist, Naveen Jindal is the Chairman of Jindal steel & Power limited (JSPL), India’s leading infrastructure Conglomerate with interests in steel, mining and power sector.
Raigarh connection?
JSPL’s Raigarh plant is the world’s largest coal-based sponge iron manufacturing facility in the world, with up to 3.6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) steel production capacity. It has an installed 299 MW captive power plant (CPP) at Raigarh and a 540 MW CPP at Dongamauha, district Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
(India CSR/Inputs from PTI)
