JOIN USThe police have enhanced the security provided to Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni following reports that a Thailand-based don has been given a contract to eliminate the minister.
Kulkarni is also the in-charge minister of Dharwad district.
Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner M N Nagaraj
told DH on Tuesday that he has received direction from higher-ups in Bengaluru to provide security to the minister in the wake of the threat.
“I have asked DCP (Crime & Traffic) B S Nemagouda to look into the details of the reported threat to the minister. However, there are none,” Nagaraj said.
Meanwhile, the minister asserted that he had no idea about the threat and that he did not suspect anyone as of now for the reported plot to eliminate him.
“I do not know anything about someone being given a contract to eliminate me. I am not afraid and not bothered,” he said.
However media reports suggested that a Shivamogga-based rowdy-sheeter, who is now operating from Thailand, has been given ‘supari’ to kill the minister. It was not clear who had given the contract. The media reports attribute the information to intelligence wing of the police.