Anonymous letter threatens to kill Rahul, Congress team meets Home Minister Rajnath Singh

NEW DELHI: A high-powered Congress delegation met home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday afternoon to appraise him of an assassination threat to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

The delegation requested the Centre to provide“additional security measures” for Gandhi following “the seriousness of the threat”. Top Congress leaders and senior home ministry officials confirmed the assassination threat and the meeting with the home minister to ET. These people spoke on the condition they not be identified.

ET has learnt the assassination threat came via an unsigned letter written in Tamil and posted in Puducherry on May 4. Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a public meeting in Karaikal on Tuesday. The letter was sent to V Narayanswamy, who was a minister in the PMO during the UPA government. The letter claimed that the Congress was responsible for “closure of industries in Puducherry,” and threatened that Gandhi would be “blasted” when he addresses the Karaikal meeting.

Home ministry officials said after the meeting with the Congress delegation that security procedures for Gandhi, who’s an SPG protectee, was reviewed and additional security would be provided, if needed.