RSS leader Chandrawat alleges threats, says Facebook account hacked

Ujjain March 4 (IANS) RSS leader Kundan Chandrawat who had announced a Rs 1-crore bounty for beheading Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged on Saturday that his Facebook account has been hacked and he is receiving death threats.

Chandrawat told IANS: I received death threats on Facebook and later my account was hacked. I am also getting threats over phone...will lodge a case with police after consulting my lawyer.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader was on Friday relieved of his duties as the Sangh s Ujjain Sah Prachar Pramukh (Regional Deputy Publicity Head) over his statement that drew widespread condemnation.

Earlier in the day police said they had lodged a case against Chandrawat.

Madhavnagar Police Station in-charge M.S. Parmar said: Taking cognisance of the statement of Kundan Chandrawat police on Friday night filed a case against him under Section 505 (apprehension of breach of peace and fear of communal tension).

At a demonstration by the Jan Adhikar Samiti here on Wednesday Chandrawat had said: The Hindus no more have the zeal of Shivaji Maharaj. I announce Rs 1 crore from my pocket to anyone who brings me the severed head of the Kerala Chief Minister.

... such traitors don t have the right to live in this country he added.

His statement came in the wake of continuing violent clashes between the CPI-M and the RSS cadres in Kerala with many political killings on both sides.

--IANS
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