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Security tightened at Gambhir’s house after threat

Security tightened at Gambhir's house after threat

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Security has been beefed up outside the residence of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gautam Gambhir in New Delhi after he received an alleged death threat from ‘ISIS Kashmir,’ officials said on Wednesday. A complaint addressed to the deputy commissioner of police (central) stated that a death threat from ‘ISIS Kashmir’ was received on the official email ID of Gambhir at 9.32 pm on Tuesday, they said. The mail read, “We are going to kill you and your family,” the officials said.

In the complaint, a request was made to look into the matter, register an FIR and make necessary security arrangements, they said. Deputy commissioner of police (central) Shweta Chauhan said a complaint was received from Gaurav Arora, personal secretary to Gambhir, at Rajendra Nagar police station on Wednesday.

“The complaint alleged that an unidentified person has sent an email on Tuesday on the email ID of Gautam Gambhir threatening to kill him and his family members,” she said. “On receiving the complaint, the district police increased (Gambhir’s) personal security as well as the security of his residence in Rajendra Nagar area. The police are currently enquiring into the source of the complaint,” the DCP added.

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