Shiv Sena [UBT] MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday alleged that he has been receiving death threats from the Shinde faction.
According to reports, he claimed that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son, Shrikant Shinde, was the one who gave him the contract to kill him.
Raut made these allegations in a letter to Deputy Chief Minister and State Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Raut, in his letter, alleged that Shrikant Shinde has hired one goon Raja Thakur to kill him.
In a letter dated February 21, he wrote that there has been an increase in threats and attacks on people's representatives in Maharashtra in the last few days and added that it's not Maharashtra's tradition.
"After the transfer of power in Maharashtra, all my security arrangements were removed. I have no complaints about that. Such political decisions are made. Security of the people's representatives is a matter of the government, and as the Home Minister, you are competent to do so, yet I would like to bring to your notice one serious matter," Raut wrote in Marathi.
He then wrote, "According to the information I have received, a notorious gangster from Thane, Raja Thakur, and his gang have been given the contract to attack by Shrikant Shinde. Looking at the current situation in Maharashtra, this issue needs to be brought to your attention."
According to the reports, he has also written to Thane's top cop a letter in the matter wherein he mentions not only MP Shrikant Shinde but others as well and claims to have received threats from those persons.