Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday received threat calls, a day after similar calls were received by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
The phone calls were made to the residences of both the political leaders. The calls threatening Pawar and Deshmukh were allegedly made from outside the country. The police has started the investigation in the matter.
Multiple unknown calls on Matoshree's landline number were received on late Saturday night in which the caller, who said he was calling on behalf of India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, wanted the CM to have a chat with the underworld don, according to a senior Mumbai police official.
"Home Minister Anil Deshmukh told the State Cabinet that the police has started the investigation," the CMO said.
Security has been beefed up at Thackeray's residence, Matoshree, after anonymous international calls were received on Saturday night, according to the Mumbai police.