Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Former UP Shia Central Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi on Saturday claimed that he received a death threat from a Bihar based man on Thursday late night.
In a video message, Rizvi said that he got a video call from Bihar in which the caller threatened to shoot him. Following this, he lodged an FIR against the unknown person at Lucknow's Shahdatgang police station.
Earlier on April 14, Kanpur Police registered an FIR against unknown persons in connection with the display of posters calling for the beheading of Rizvi.
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Rizvi had filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking directions to remove 26 verses of 'Holy Quran' for violating the laws of the land and allegedly promoting extremism and terrorism. However, the apex court had dismissed his plea.
Since then, he has been facing widespread criticism.
In September last year, he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to scrap the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 -- brought by the then Congress government -- and rebuild the temples, which were demolished by the Mughal emperors during their rule.
