An anonymous letter has threatened that bomb blasts would be carried out in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city if the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi made a scheduled night halt at Khalsa Stadium here on Novembe﷽r 28.
The letter, which referred to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also th🐽reatened the assassinations of Rahul Gandh✨i and MP Congress chief Kamal Nath.
Police immediately launched an investigation and detained two persons for qu♚estioning, but it was suspected that it was a hoax, a top official said.
Two persons were questioned in connection with the letter, said inspector Yogesh Singh Tomar ꦏof Juni police station.
Talking to PTI, Indore Commissioner of Policeꦫ🍷 H C Mishra said the letter was received at a sweets-snacks shop in the Juni area on Thursday evening.
"It says that if the participants of the Rahul Gandhi-led Yatra🌜 stay at the Khalsa stadium, bom🥃b blasts would be carried out in the city," he said.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Friday under section 507 (criminal intimidation by unknown person) of the In♓dian Penal Code.
"We have started an investigation into the threat letter. However, we suspect that this was the work of some mischievous ele꧒ments,&quoꦬt; Mishra said.
A copy of the letter -- confirmed by police sources -- went viral on social media. Besides warning of bomb blasts, it said thaꦗt no political party took up the issue of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, and Rahul Gandhi and Nath would be killed.
State Congress secretary Nilabh Shukla demanded that security should be beefed up for the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gan💦dhi's cross-country march which is currently passing through Mahar𝐆ashtra and will enter MP on November 23.
Khalsa♒ Stadium in Indore was in news on November 8 after there was a controversy over Nath being felicitated at a function held there on Guru Nanak Jayanti.
Kirtan singer Manpreet Singh Kanpuri had referred to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, regarding which Nath had faced allegat♊ions in the🌌 past, and blasted the organizers for felicitating Nath.
Already, the BJP has announced that if ♎Nath ent🥂ers the stadium during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, it will be shown black flags.
(Inputs from PTI)
