Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Gets Death Threat Again

Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari has received a death threat and the police have been informed about the same.

The Delhi police said that the information regarding the death threat call was received at the residence of Granddad. The information was passed on by the staff of the minister. As per sources, the matter is being investigated and details are being verified.

The Minister's office said that the death threat call was received at his Delhi residence last evening.

This is not the first time that Gadkari is receiving a death threat. Earlier, on January 14 a man named Jayesh Pujari made a death threat to Gadkari. He had demanded Rs 100 crore and also claimed to be a member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang.Pujari was a murder convict.

Later on March 21, Pujari again made a threat call to Gadkari, who is an MP from Nagpur. He had then demanded Rs 10 crore from the minister.

Pujari according to the probe had links with terrorists in Punjab. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had launched a probe against Pujari following an order of the Home Ministry after it was found that he had linked with terrorists from Punjab. It was also found that he had been linked with the Lashkar-e-Tayiba's south division chief, Captain Naseer, an official said.