New Delhi, June 8 -- A 30-year-old man was apprehended on Saturday for allegedly issuing a death threat under the influence of alcohol to Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, after police refused to help him contact his estranged wife, an official said. Accused Shlok Tripathi alias Shlok Tiwari was apprehended in a joint operation conducted by the Delhi Police and the Uttar Pradesh Police from Ghaziabad, he added.

The accused is being jointly interrogated at the office of the Delhi Police's Special Staff in northwest Delhi by the Uttar Pradesh Police, Delhi Police, Special Cell and Intelligence Bureau, a senior police officer said. Shlok, who is pursuing an LLB (Bachelor of Laws) degree and works as a deed writer at the Ghaziabad court, was married in 20...