Pune, Jun 2 (PTI) One person from Ahmednagar district was arrested for allegedly issuing a rape and death threat to Maharashtra Women's Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar, a police official said on Thursday.

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The man was held on Wednesday for the threat call made to Chakankar on May 30, a Sinhagad police station official said.

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"Based on her brother's complaint, a resident of Bhenda in Ahmednagar, identified as Bhausaheb Narayan Shinde (40), was held," Senior Inspector Shailesh Sankhe of Sinhagad police station said.

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