After Narendra Modi, Devendra Fadnavis gets threat letters over anti-Maoist operations

After Pune police had intercepted a communication of Maoists in which it has been revealed that they were planning to assassinated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has also received two threat letters allegedly from Maoist organisations which were handed over to the police, sources in the state home department said today.

Responding to the threat, Devendra Fadnavis said, several facts surfaced in the letter. Police seized it & it will be pres ented before court. Probe is underway to find more links.



The letters were received by the chief minister's office a week ago, they said.

"The letters came after the recent anti-Naxal operations in Gadchiroli, in which 39 Maoists were killed. The letters have been handed over to the police for further investigations," the sources said.

These shocking revelations have come to light just a day after police arrested Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale, lawyer Surendra Gadling, activists Mahesh Raut and Shoma Sen and Rona Wilson from Mumbai, Nagpur and Delhi respectively in connection with 'Elgar Parishad' held here in December and the subsequent Bhima-Koregaon violence in the district.

Earlier today, all five were produced before the sessions court today which remanded them in police custody till June 14.

A letter found in Rona Wilson's house in Delhi talks about requirement of Rs 8 crore to procure M-4 rifle and four lakh rounds, and also about "another Rajiv Gandhi incident", prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar told the court.