Mumbai Sep 23 (IANS) Leading activist and ex-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Anjali Damania on Saturday claimed to have received death threats in a call made from a landline number in Karachi.
"At 12.33 a.m. I got a threatening call asking me to withdraw all cases against (former BJP minister) Eknath Khadse " she said in a statement.
Damania quoted the telephonic conversation: "Tune jina haram kar rakha hai sabka. Teri family hai na.." (You have made life miserable for everybody. You also have a family).
She said the true caller showed the number (starting with codes +92 21) from a landline in Karachi.
Damania lodged a complaint with the Vakola police station in Santacruz east this morning.
"Informed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) is investigating the matter " she tweeted later.
Khadse the senior most BJP leader in Maharashtra had resigned as the Revenue Minister in June 2014 after his name cropped up in a dubious land deal in Pune.
Subsequently Damania had also leveled accusations against Khadse of allegedly favouring certain contractors in the multi-crore rupees irrigation scam which is under investigation.
--IANS
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