{M-H-O} Tharoor alleges death threat from D-company

Tharoor alleges death threat from D-company

TNN, Apr 15, 2010, 02.13am IST

Shashi Tharoor gets death threats from D-company

NEW DELHI: The Lalit Modi-Shashi Tharoor slugfest took a curious and dramatic turn on Wednesday, with the latter's aide receiving a "death threat" on SMS, directed at the junior foreign minister, demanding that he immediately apologize to Modi.

Delhi Police, which is investigating the matter, is learnt to have zeroed in on Hari Nagar where a local number was used to send the SMS. The police is investigating a gym trainer employed with Constitution Club for SMSes sent to Rajya Sabha MPs Masood Madani and Brinda Karat on Tuesday; it suspects the same man may be involved in the Tharoor episode as well.

The SMS was direct if somewhat amateurish. "Lalit Modi se maafi mangne ko bol nahi to jaan se maar denge. IPL ke taar D company se hai (Tell Tharoor to apologize to Modi or else he will be killed. IPL is linked to D-company)," said the message signed by 'Shakeel'. The police doubted any real link to the mafia but the minister's security has been stepped up.

With Left on Wednesday joining BJP in demanding the minister's resignation, Congress carefully considered the fallout as Parliament reconvenes on Thursday for the Budget Session. The matter came up at a meeting at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's residence in the morning and after the controversy dominated news through the day, Tharoor met finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and defence minister A K Antony late in the evening. Congress bosses were clearly keen to assess how "defendable" his role is.

In the US, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he would first examine "all the facts" on his return before deciding on any action. In Delhi, Congress's chief spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi was equally careful in echoing the same line. The party would also keep in mind reports that two NCP ministers - Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel - also reportedly tried to get the Kochi consortium to back off.

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