The FIR had been lodged with South CEN cyber police station in Bengaluru.
According to police, the miscreant had made ransom calls from Surya’s phone and also placed a demand for diamonds to the BJP Yuva Morcha President of Gujarat.
Surya’s personal secretary Bhanu Prakash, who handles the phone from which the calls were made, had given a complaint in this regard, saying the accused had made a call from the cellphone when it was kept unattended and kept the phone in the same place after making the extortion call.
The call was made on July 1 to Gujarat BJYM President Prashant Korat and he had informed Surya about the call, bringing the matter to light.
The cyber wing police have taken up the investigation.
–IANS
mka/vd