Naveen security beefed up after threat letter
An anonymous letter received at
Naveen Niwas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, indicating
a conspiracy to eliminate him, prompted Odis-ha police to strengthen
security at strategic locations in the city on Thursday.
The security
was tightened after the Home department asked DG of Police, Director of
Intelligence and Commissioner of Police to inquire into the matter
thoroughly and take appropriate action.Special Secretary Santosh Bala
had also advised to assess the security of the Chief Minister at his
residence and Secretariat as well as during jour-ney to various
functions and initiate appropriate measures.
The handwritten letter in
English claimed some contract killers have been engaged to kill the
Chief Minister and the professional criminals equipped with latest
weapons like AK 47 and semi automatic pistols have been following
him.The letter writer mentioned a list of 17 cars in which, he claimed,
the contract killers are following the Chief Minister. The vehicle
numbers indicated four were from West Bengal, two each from Chhattisgarh
and Punjab, one each from Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra and Sikkim and
the rest from Odisha.“The criminals can attack you anytime. Please be
aware that the criminals are constantly fol-lowing you. Two cars with
Odi-sha registration numbers will be used by the contract killers to
kill you,” read the letter dated January 4.
Stating that the mastermind
lives in Nagpur, the anonymous letter also mentioned the numbers of his
car and therefore the vehicle during which the weapons are brought t o O d i s h a . “The letter is insignificant intrinsically
threats are often received from anonymous sources. Still, we are
inquiring to find out from where it has been dis-patched and the person
behind it,” said a senior police official.In 2018, a murder accused
serving sentence in Bilaspur Central Jail in Chhattisgarh had written a
letter to Naveen demanding extortion money of `50 crore and threatening
him with dire consequences if he fails to pay. The man with 40-odd cases
pending against him was latter found to be a psychopath.
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