Home Minister Deshmukh gets more threat calls

NAGPUR: Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh received two more threat calls at his Civil Lines residence here on Wednesday. Earlier, on Sunday and Tuesday too he had received such calls.
All the calls were pertaining to the controversy involving actor Kangana Ranaut. “Do not interfere in Kangana Ranaut’s matter or else we will blow you up, was what the caller said,” said police sources.
As per preliminary investigations of the crime branch, these calls were made from different locations in Delhi and Himachal Pradesh.
Police sources said that the minister received about five calls from Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. He got two more calls at around 6am on Wednesday. A complaint has been lodged with the commissioner of police Amitesh Kumar.
A special police squad has been formed to trace the callers. Security has already been beefed up at Deshmukh’s residence. The minister is currently in Mumbai.