Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi gets threat calls from Dubai
"In the conversation, the caller reportedly told the leader that he should not be in the BJP as he is a Muslim leader," a ministry official said.
The underworld has come to haunt senior BJP leader and Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who has been receiving threat calls from a person in Dubai. The caller has been identifying himself as "bhai" (don).
Naqvi first received the call from Dubai on December 16, following which the minister lodged a formal complaint and sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs and central intelligence agencies, informing them about the same.
The Delhi Police, too, has been asked to investigate the case. A top source said that the calls are believed to have been made by the "chief of a terror organisation".
"A CD having recording of the conversation has been submitted for investigation. The calls were received from Dubai and the Delhi Police is trying to match the voice," said the source.
Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs also confirmed that Naqvi received some calls from an unidentified caller, describing himself as 'bhai', who threatened to kill the Union minister.
"In the conversation, the caller reportedly told the leader that he should not be in the BJP as he is a Muslim leader," a ministry official said.
Initial investigations have revealed that the 'bhai' called on Naqvi's mobile using through a Skype account.
This is not the first time, however, that the BJP leader has got a threat call. In February last year, he By Kumar Vikram in New Delhi had received another such call in which the caller had threatened him against speaking ill about Hafiz Sayeed.
Naqvi is a senior BJP leader and has been the party spokesperson. He is also one of the party's few Muslim faces and is the minister of state for minority affairs. Naqvi has campaigned extensively for the party in Jammu and Kashmir elections and has made some strong statements against the Islamic State (IS).
Recently, Naqvi had said that the destructive agenda of the IS can neither diffuse the constructive agenda for the development of India nor dominate it; rather such powers will be isolated.