Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh has reportedly received threatening calls (archive)
Mumbai:
Maharashtra’s Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh has reportedly again received threatening calls, allegedly over his stance regarding the controversy involving actor Kangana Ranaut, sources close to him said today.
Deshmukh received the calls from Himachal Pradesh and another location from different numbers on Tuesday and around 6 a.m. today, the sources told the Press Trust of India news agency, adding that the callers asked the minister not to get involved in the controversy involving the actor.
Ms. Ranaut, who is in the eye of the storm for her recent comments comparing Mumbai to Pakistani-occupied Kashmir (PoK), is from Himachal Pradesh.
“The minister received about five calls from Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. He received two more calls around 6 am on Wednesday,” the sources told the PTI news agency.
“One of the callers identified himself as Mrutyunjay Garg,” they said.
“Those who called asked the minister not to get involved in the controversy involving the actor,” the sources told PTI.
Also earlier, an anonymous person called Deshmukh’s Nagpur office, threatening him and the head of the CPN, Sharad Pawar, a minister said Monday.
Ms. Ranaut also recently said that she feared the Mumbai police more than the “movie mafia” and that she would prefer the safety of her home state, Himachal Pradesh, or the Center.
Deshmukh said last week that those who think Maharashtra or Mumbai are not safe for them have no right to live in the state.
On Monday, he expressed surprise at the Center’s decision to provide ‘Y-plus’ security to Kangana Ranaut, who, he said, had “insulted” Mumbai and Maharashtra with his comments.
Maharashtra’s interior minister said Tuesday that Mumbai police will investigate actor Adhyayan Suman’s allegations that Kangana Ranaut was using drugs.
Anil Deshmukh said that Adhyayan Suman, son of actor Shekhar Suman, was once in a relationship with Kangana Ranaut and he had alleged that she used to use drugs.
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