Maharajganj (UP), Aug 22 (PTI) Police on Monday arrested a man who allegedly threatened to blow up the Gorakhpur temple, using a fake Facebook account to get his friend into trouble.

Mubarak Ali was accused of creating a Facebook ID using a SIM in his friend's, Basalat Ali's, name, when the latter asked him to return the money he had loaned him, police said.

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According to the police, the accused in order to not return the money made a fake Facebook ID in his friend's name and posted a threat message to blast the Gorakhnath temple.

A team of Cyber Cell and Maharajganj Police arrested Mubarak Ali on Monday and seized two mobile phones and a SIM found in his possession.

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Superintendent of Police Maharajganj, Dr Kaustubh, said that a week ago the accused had posted a message on Facebook threatening to blow up the Gorakhnath temple with bomb.

A joint team of the Cyber Cell and Kotwali police was investigating the case and arrested Mubarak Ali, a resident of Matihania.

“During interrogation, it was found that Mubarak Ali had borrowed Rs 40,000 from Basalat Ali, a resident of Kota Mukundpur village under Kotwali police station limit.

“When Basalat Ali asked him to return the money, Mubarak Ali took a SIM in the name of Basalat Ali and made a fake facebook ID and posted the threat message to implicate him in a police case,” Dr Kaustubh said.

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