Day after Rajasthan ‘beheading’, expelled BJP spokesperson Naveen Jindal claims dying threats

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Former Delhi BJP media head Naveen Kumar Jindal, who was expelled from the occasion over his tweet on Prophet Mohammad, on Wednesday demanded safety for himself and his household after he allegedly acquired dying threats by way of e-mails, which additionally had movies of the Udaipur “beheading” incident.

Around 6.45 am, I acquired three e-mails with movies of tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s homicide in Udaipur and a risk of comparable therapy to me and my household, Jindal stated.

“This is not the first threat. I have received hundreds of threats through social media, phone calls and messages in the past one month but Delhi Police has not strengthened my security cover although I have written half a dozen times to officials, including the commissioner of police,” he stated.

Kumar was expelled from the BJP, the place he headed media cell of occasion’s Delhi unit, whereas nationwide spokesperson of the occasion Nupur Sharma was suspended final month, over their remarks on the Prophet.

“This morning around 6.43 am, I have received 3 emails with a video of brother Kanhaiya Lal’s throat being slit. They (accused) threatened me and my family with such threats. I have informed the Police Control Room,” Jindal tweeted. He additionally hooked up screenshots of the alleged e-mail threats.

Jindal’s Y+ safety cowl was withdrawn in September final yr. He stated he has been presently supplied with solely two policemen though he felt “real danger” after the Udaipur incident.

“I live with my wife and mother. I have shifted my children to some other place since the threats were issued to me. I have to often go out when I am exposed to any eventuality as only one policeman accompanies me while the other stays back at my house,” he stated.

Two males with a cleaver killed Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur metropolis’s Dhan Mandi space on Tuesday and posted movies on-line that stated they have been avenging an insult to Islam.