AAP top leader Ashish Khetan allegedly gets death threat, Arvind Kejriwal asks Home Minister to act

In a tweet, Ashish Khetan posted a letter wherein, he claimed, he was threatened with death by right-wing forces. He said he received the letter on Friday night and it warned his "killing is imminent".

By: IANS News Agency |
May 13, 2017 6:16 pm

A day after Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan allegedly received a death threat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday expressed shock and urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to act in the matter.

“Extremely shocking. Ashish Khetan receives death threat. Hope Rajnath Singh ji will take action,” Kejriwal tweeted on Saturday.

In a tweet, Khetan posted a letter wherein, he claimed, he was threatened with death by right-wing forces. He said he received the letter on Friday night and it warned his “killing is imminent”.

“Dear Rajnath Singh ji, hope that this government will carry out its duty of preserving liberty and democratic values; I am sending you this complaint,” Khetan tweeted on Saturday.

“Have written to Rajnath Singh ji on behalf of journalists, activists, artists and citizens who have been threatened or attacked by right-wing forces,” he said.

Dear @rajnathsingh ji, in hope tht this govt wl carry out its duty of preserving liberty & democratic values, I'm sending you this complaint pic.twitter.com/z9tvXUTpQZ

— Ashish Khetan (@AashishKhetan) May 13, 2017

“This threat is a chilling reminder of growing confidence of anti-national forces who want to exterminate all dissenting voices with violence.”

“Killers of (Maharashtra rationalist) Dabholkar and (Left politician and author) Govind Pansare are still at large. Prime accused in the Malegaon, Mecca Masjid and Samjhauta blasts have been absconding for a decade,” the AAP leader said.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police on Saturday detained AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha for trying to “break public peace” after he tried to hold a counter hunger strike outside the house of sacked minister Kapil Mishra, who is sitting on indefinite fast to protest corruption in the ruling AAP.

“We have detained Sanjeev Jha, as he attempted to break the public peace,” a senior police official told IANS. According to police, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator had not taken prior permission to sit on hunger strike outside the Civil Lines house of Mishra.