The Punjab Police has registered a case after AAP convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his daughter received a death threat demanding Rs 7 crore. The complaint was filed by Delhi AAP MLA Jarnail Singh.
The MLA lodged his complaint with the Mohali police, which registered a case under relevant sections of the BNS and the Information Technology Act.
Singh said in the complaint that he received a phone call from an individual claiming to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The alleged caller demanded Rs 7 crore from Kejriwal and threatened to kill him and his daughter, Harshita Kejriwal, if the money was not paid.
The FIR read: “The caller said, ‘Lawrence Bishnoi gang se bol raha hun, Arvind Kejriwal ko bol de, 7 crore de do nahin to Arvind Kejriwal or uski ladki Harshita Kejriwal ko jaan se maar dunga.’ (I am speaking from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Tell Arvind Kejriwal that if he does not pay Rs 7 crore, then I will kill both him and his daughter.”
Due to Kejriwal’s status as a high-profile figure, the threat has caused national and public security risks. “The sender has unlawfully used my position as an elected representative to channel extortionist demands and death threats directed at Arvind Kejriwal and his family. The acts committed by the sender constitute serious offences,” Singh wrote in his complaint.
The Mohali police have registered a case under relevant sections—including 308 (4) (extortion), 351 (2) (criminal intimidation), 351 (4) (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication), and 111 (2) (organised crime) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita—and the relevant section of the IT Act at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Mohali.
Who is Harshita Kejriwal?
The threat and ransom call have brought the limelight on the former chief minister’s daughter, Harshita. The only daughter of Arvind Kejriwal and his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, Harshita is a graduate from IIT Delhi, having earned her degree in chemical engineering in 2018.
After completing her studies, she worked as an associate consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Gurugram. She and her husband, Sambhav Jain, founded a startup called Basil Health, which focuses on healthy food and customised meals.
Though she has stayed away from active politics, Harshita was often a figure in her father’s election campaigns, including in the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections, where she went door-to-door distributing the AAP government’s five-year progress card to residents.
In 2024, there were rumours that Harshita might join the Aam Aadmi Party. However, Kejriwal dismissed these rumours at the time.
