UP Raj Bhavan Gets Letter Threatening 'To Blow It Up' If Guv Does Not 'Leave Within 10 Days'

The letter threatened to blow up the Raj Bhavan with dynamite.

UP governor Anandiben Patel/ Image: PTI/File

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Raj Bhavan has received a letter threatening to blow it up if the Governor does not leave the place in 10 days time, from Jharkhand’s Maoist group Tritya Sammelan Prastuti Committee, agencies reported. The letter threatened to blow up the Raj Bhavan with dynamite. “Have received a threat letter from Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) Jharkhand, stating that the Governor should leave Raj Bhavan within 10 days or else Raj Bhavan will be blown up,” Information and Communication Department, Raj Bhavan (UP Home Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh) stated. The matter is being taken seriously, the statement added. The Department has written to the Director General of Police (DGP), DG Intelligence and ADG Security to investigate the matter immediately and report by tomorrow after a full assessment of the situation and to take measures as necessary, it said. Hemath Rao, additional chief secretary to Governor Anandiben Patel, has sent the letter to the state's home department, it said. Before taking oath as the Uttar Pradesh Governor, Patel was the Governor of Madhya Pradesh and briefly held the additional charge of neighbouring Chhattisgarh, a Naxal affected state. (inputs from agencies)