Bundi (Raj), Jan 14 (PTI) The Bundi district collector'soffice has received a letter, which threatened her to solvethe issue of Hindu groups demanding permission to perform apuja at the Maandhata Balaji cenotaph on the Tiger Hill here,or face consequences, police said today.
The office of District Collector Shivangi Swarnkarreceived the handwritten letter on Friday. It was openedyesterday and later handed over to the police forinvestigation.
The letter was written on a photocopy of the letterheadof a prominent lawyer practising in a district court. It waswithout a signature or date and was sent by post to thecollector's office, Circle in-charge, Bundi City PoliceStation, Ramnath Singh said.
The letter threatened Swarnkar to solve the MaandhataBalaji Puja issue on Tiger hill or face consequences, the CIsaid.
The advocate was called to the police station but he saidhis letterhead was misused by some unidentified people, Singhsaid.
The matter is under investigation, the police officialsaid.
Right-wing Hindu organisations had called for the removalof the Bundi district collector and Kota Range IG VishalBansal over the issue.
Following demands for a puja at the cenotaph, thedistrict collector had ordered suspension of Internet servicestill January 10 and imposition of prohibitory orders.
The district administration later allowed forestdepartment officials to perform the ceremony at the holy site,agreeing to the demands by Hindu Mahasabha to perform worshipand light a lamp at the cenotaph.
The administration, however, restricted any otherorganisation or person from performing the puja until thecomplete cenotaph on the hill top was constructed and a reporton the historical authenticity of the monument was received.
PTI CORRAAR.
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