Lawyer who fought L S election against Sonia Gandhi receives

threat letterNew Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) A police complaint has been filedby Ajay Kumar Agarwal who fought 2014 Lok Sabha electionagainst Congress pre...
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threat letterNew Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) A police complaint has been filedby Ajay Kumar Agarwal who fought 2014 Lok Sabha electionagainst Congress president Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli in UP,claiming that he has received a letter threatening to killhim.

Agarwal, who is a Supreme Court lawyer, said he receivedthe handwritten threat letter yesterday afternoon, followingwhich the complaint was filed at the Hazrat Nijamuddin policestation.

"The letter written in Hindi used filthy and abusivelanguage against me and BJP national leaders. The letterwriter also threatened to kill me," he said.

Agarwal had polled 1,73,721 votes in the 2014 Lok Sabhaelection. He was defeated by Sonia Gandhi by a margin of about3.52 lakh votes.

The letter was sent to Agarwal at his residence-cum-office in Jangpura Extension in south east Delhi. It wasreceived by one of his office staff members around 1 PMyesterday.

Police said a case of criminal intimidation has beenregistered and investigation launched. PTI VITAQS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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