ALWAR: A tailor in Rajasthan’s Alwar district has allegedly received a death threat from the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), bringing back chilling memories of the brutal beheading of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal Sahu on June 28 last year following a contentious social media post.
Sohanlal Jatav, a tailor in Chikani town, reported that he received a handwritten letter containing explicit death and bombing threats through the post about 13 days ago.He reported the letter to the Sadar police station on Saturday, prompting the authorities to initiate an investigation.
The letter, allegedly attributed to PFI, issued an ultimatum to Jatav to vacate his shop by December 31 after accepting a reasonable price. It explicitly threatened to evacuate three shops, asserting that the premises belonged to the minority community.
Jatav told reporters on Sunday that he had purchased the land from the village panchayat in 1971. After depositing the money and obtaining the lease deed, he faced a legal case from a few people. Eventually, a compromise was reached, allowing him to build a shop on the land.
“I worked as a tailor in this shop for several years. Now, for the past six months, I have rented the shop to Balaji stationers. Now, there is a threat that my possession of the shop is illegal, and I should compensate for it and vacate it,” he said.
According to SP Anand Sharma, the letter was sent from Chikani post office on November 13, but it was delivered later. “There is a possibility that the letter was intended to create a disturbance during the (assembly) elections. The dispute over vacating the shop was resolved 30 years ago. The investigation into the case is ongoing.”
Sohanlal Jatav, a tailor in Chikani town, reported that he received a handwritten letter containing explicit death and bombing threats through the post about 13 days ago.He reported the letter to the Sadar police station on Saturday, prompting the authorities to initiate an investigation.
The letter, allegedly attributed to PFI, issued an ultimatum to Jatav to vacate his shop by December 31 after accepting a reasonable price. It explicitly threatened to evacuate three shops, asserting that the premises belonged to the minority community.
Jatav told reporters on Sunday that he had purchased the land from the village panchayat in 1971. After depositing the money and obtaining the lease deed, he faced a legal case from a few people. Eventually, a compromise was reached, allowing him to build a shop on the land.
“I worked as a tailor in this shop for several years. Now, for the past six months, I have rented the shop to Balaji stationers. Now, there is a threat that my possession of the shop is illegal, and I should compensate for it and vacate it,” he said.
According to SP Anand Sharma, the letter was sent from Chikani post office on November 13, but it was delivered later. “There is a possibility that the letter was intended to create a disturbance during the (assembly) elections. The dispute over vacating the shop was resolved 30 years ago. The investigation into the case is ongoing.”