The woman Judge from the minority community, ADJ Tabassum Khan, had sentenced 14 men to life imprisonment after convicting them for the August 2022 mob lynching of Maharashtra native Muslim man.
Police have registered a case against unidentified persons at Seoni Malwa police station and sought the help of the state cyber cell to identify those behind the threats.
Investigation into Soumya Ranjan Swain’s killing has led to 16 arrests so far, with officials probing the role of non-local miscreants and identifying others still absconding.