NCP chief Sharad Pawar receives death threat

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar received a death threat over a phone call, said police. As per reports, an unidentified person called up the NCP chief and threatened him in hindi.

An unidentified person called up NCP President Sharad Pawar's residence at Silver Oak and threatened to kill him. A case has been registered against an unidentified person. Police registered a case under section 294,506(2) of IPC, said Mumbai Police.

In a complaint to Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar, it was pointed out that such calls have come 20-25 times and asked the police to put an end to this nuisance.  The NCP leader’s office and security detail had lodged a complaint with Gamdevi police station and the office of Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) earlier about the caller. Further investigations are underway.