Academic tweets about possible threat to Modi's life

, April 18: Academic Madhu Kishwar on Wednesday tweeted that Gujarat Chief Minister

's life had a possible

but deleted the controversial tweet later. However, by then it had been picked by hundreds of users who debated the authenticity of the information and the necessity to delete it.

"Yesterday met some senior govt officers who said Modi's assassination real possibility if Teesta Congress fail to get fraud FIR against Modi," Kishwar tweeted, referring to civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad. She later said that she deleted the tweet for it had triggered panic among many and went viral.

Kishwar, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), has been a big supporter of Modi.

For the series of tweets in which Kishwar clarified her stand on her tweet about the possible assassination bid on Modi, see this report.

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