By IT Correspondent
New Delhi, September 4:
In what appears to be one of the biggest threats to national security in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has accessed an email with an instruction threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The NIA has written a letter under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs citing details of the death threat to PM Modi. “The NIA has received certain emails from an email ID threatening some diginitaries/agencies. The contents of the email are self-explanatory and copies of email are enclosed. It is requested to take action as deemed appropriate,” the probe agency wrote in its letter.
The letter dated August 8 announces a direct threat to the Prime Minister’s life, triggering alarm bells across all security agencies. The security cover for PM Modi has been enhanced in wake of the threat. The NIA has not done any inquiry verification on the matter, the agency further stated.
Details of the email are: From: [email protected], To: [email protected] Sent on: Saturday, 8 August 2020, Time: 1:34:06 am Instruction: Kill Narendra Modi. The MHA has taken up the matter with the Special Protection Group, which is responsible for the protection of Prime Minister Modi.
Meanwhile, the NIA has roped in the Multi-Agency Coordination Centre, which has representatives from R&AW, Intelligence Bureau, Defence Intelligence Agencies, to investigate the matter. The development comes across as yet another instance of acute rise of ‘Hate Modi’ politics and inciting assassins. The origin of the email is being tracked to elements based outside India.
It may be recalled that in October 2018, the Delhi Commissioner of Police had received a letter from Maoists threatening to kill Modi. The letter had said that Modi would be killed in November 2019. Soon the security agencies were put on high alert, after the mail was traced to a server in North-East.
Similarly in January this year a man identified as Aman, was arrested by Delhi police on charges of issuing death threats to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The accused hailed from Peruvai(Karnataka) and was employed in a foreign country. He was posting messages online against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He was also allegedly spreading audio messages on WhatsApp groups provoking people to indulge in communal violence.
