Etawah BJP MLA gets death threats from Pakistan

KANPUR: BJP MLA from Etawah Sadar Sarita Bhadauria received multiple death threats within a few hours on WhatsApp from a number with ISD code of Pakistan.
The MLA told police she received eight messages on WhatsApp. The messages with the logo of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the intelligence agency of Pakistan, also threatened to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP and RSS leaders sending police officials into a tizzy.
Police increased security outside the MLA’s residence while cyber sleuths are tracking the source of the hate messages.
BJP MLA Sarita Bhadauria, a resident of Sadar area of Etawah, was preparing to sleep around 11pm on Saturday when she received first WhatsApp message from mobile phone number with ISD code +92. The sender threatened to kill her, besides also targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP and RSS leaders, the MLA said.
“Starting late Saturday night till Sunday morning, total eight WhatsApp messages with ISI logo were sent to me from a number with +92 ISD code of Pakistan, threatening to kill me, our respected Prime Minister, BJP and RSS leaders,” said Bhadauri.
However, I want to tell these anti-national elements that I am not going to be intimidated by their threats and will fight them at every front, she told reporters.
She said that she immediately informed Etawah district magistrate Shruti Singh and SSP Akash Tomar about the death threat messages.
“We have come to know about threatening WhatsApp messages to BJP MLA Sarita Bhadauria. She has lodged a complaint today. We have taken the details from her and have launched an investigation and technical surveillance,” said SSP Akash Tomar.
Security has been heightened and a team from local police station has increased patrolling near the MLA’s residence, the SSP added.
Sarita Bhadauria had won 2017 Assembly election by defeating Kuldeep Gupta of Samajwadi Party by 17,342 votes.
She came into politics after the murder of her husband Abhayveer Singh Bhadauria in 1999.