Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait receives threatening call; FIR registered

City Superintendent of Police (II) Gyanendra Singh said that Tikait's personal assistant Arjun Baliyan lodged the complaint that an unidentified caller had threatened to kill the farmer leader. Reportedly, the caller asked Tikait how many weapons would be needed to kill him. This comes following Tikait's video about a temple going viral.

New Delhi:An FIR was registered on Saturday on a complaint alleging that Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who has been participating in the agitation against the farm laws, received a death threat on his phone, a senior police officer said.

City Superintendent of Police (II) Gyanendra Singh said that Tikait's personal assistant Arjun Baliyan lodged the complaint that an unidentified caller had threatened to kill the farmer leader.

Complaint letter given to Kaushambi police

Reportedly, the caller asked Tikait how many weapons would be needed to kill him. This comes following Tikait's video about a temple going viral.

"The phone number mentioned in the complaint is under surveillance and efforts are on to identify the caller," he told PTI.

"An FIR has been registered at Kaushambi police station under section 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)," the SP said.

"Police force was already deployed in adequate strength at the Gazipur border protest site," the officer said.

The farmers associated with the BKU are protesting at Gazipur since November 28 to press for the repeal of the three new agriculture laws, joining thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, who are on a sit-in at other sites on the borders of the national capital.

(With PTI inputs)