NCP says death threat issued to Sharad Pawar on social media, party leaders meet Mumbai police chief

Updated: Jun 9 2023 12:49PM

NCP says death threat issued to Sharad Pawar on social media, party leaders meet Mumbai police chief

Mumbai, Jun 9 (PTI) Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has received a “death threat” on social media, NCP claimed on Friday. Taking cognisance of the matter, Mumbai police are in the process of registering a first information report, a senior police official said.

A delegation of NCP workers led by Pawar’s daughter and Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule met Mumbai police chief Vivek Phansalkar demanding action.

The NCP leaders told the police that 82-year-old Pawar received a message on Facebook that read “he will meet the same fate as (Narendra) Dabholkar soon”.

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