Former Delhi MLA receives death threat from Khalistani extremist

Former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jitender Singh Shunty on April 29 filed a complaint with the Delhi Police alleging death threats from a Khalistani extremist at the Vivek Vihar Police station in Shahdara district, Delhi. He claimed to have received a WhatsApp call where the caller, speaking in Punjabi, threatened him and his son Jyot Jeet, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state spokesperson, for speaking against Khalistan. Shunty, president of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal and a Padma Shri recipient, also wrote to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Shahdara and the Station House Officer (SHO) of Vivek Vihar police station.