BJP MP Sushil Modi Receives Death Threat, Sender Claims To Be TMC Leader

Modi said that he forwarded the threat letter to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Patna, Manavjit Singh Dhillon.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi arrives to appear before a court (Source: File photo/PTI)

New Delhi: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said that he has received death threats from a person who claimed to be a TMC leader from Bengal, as reported by news agency PTI. Sushil Kumar Modi has received a threatening letter from West Bengal's East Vardhman district, threatening to kill him. The letter has been sent by speed post by 'Champa Some (Soma)' from Vardhman, West Bengal. 

The letter said, "I am informing you that I am a leader of Trinamool Congress. Mamata Banerjee may become the next Prime Minister of India... Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar Zindabad. I will kill you." Modi, in a video message on Twitter, showed the content of the letter.

मेरी हत्या करने का धमकी भरा पत्र प्राप्त I pic.twitter.com/Jlawcg8B7z

— Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) September 20, 2022

He added that it was sent by speed post.

Modi also said that he forwarded the threat letter to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Patna, Manavjit Singh Dhillon.

Talking to PTI, Dhillon later said, "We have received a complaint from the former deputy CM and have initiated the process of registering an FIR to probe the matter."

Earlier, Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi challenged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to contest Lok Sabha elections from anywhere in Uttar Pradesh, claiming he would be unable to save his election deposit.

Sushil Modi's comments came a day after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav offered Kumar a seat in the Lok Sabha from UP's Phoolpur, reports news agency ANI. 

"Akhilesh Yadav wants Nitish ji to visit Uttar Pradesh and lose his election deposit. Everyone is aware that Akhilesh Yadav does not have a candidate in his own state. He had an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the last Lok Sabha elections, which later broke down, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won with 62 seats," Sushil Kumar told ANI.

"Nitish Kumar should run for Lok Sabha from Phoolpur, but if he fails to save a deposit there, he should return to Bihar as a candidate who lost his deposit in the election. Leave Phoolpur and run for office anywhere in Uttar Pradesh; I challenge Nitish Kumar to not save a deposit in the election,” he further said.