New Delhi: When the entire nation is busy in celebrating Diwali, a newly formed terror outfit-All India-Lashkar-e-Taiba released their hitlist, accessed by National Investigation Agency (NIA). The list featured Indian cricket's most valued cricketer Virat Kohli, who is currently celebrating Diwali with his wife Anushka Sharma at his Delhi residence.
According to reports, the letter was sent to the NIA from All India Lashkar-e-Taiba High Power Committee Kozhikode, Kerala and that the NIA has alerted concerned security agencies regarding the same. The reports further added that the All India Lashkar-e-Taiba, operating from Pakistan, is, in fact, the existing terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, but with a new name.
- As per IANS, the NIA has subsequently forwarded the letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The sources also confirmed to the news agency but given heightened threat perception no chance is being taken and security review of the match venue and individual players is being done.
The threat list has particularly mentioned captain Virat Kohli and his teammates for the upcoming T20I match which will be held on November 3 at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
However, Kohli is not a part of the T20I squad for the Bangladesh series and Rohit Sharma will be leading the side in his absence.
Kohli will return to captain the side in the Test series.
Apart from Virat Kohli the ‘hitlist’ includes several prominent names such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, BJP patriarch LK Advani, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
