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Sacked AAP Minister says Arvind Kejriwal 'conspiring to kill' him

Kejriwal had made similar allegation against Modi, suggesting that the Prime Minister could get him killed.

New Delhi: A day after Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could get him killed - a sacked minister from his own party has levelled a similar allegation against him.

Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Asim Ahmed Khan, who was sacked from the Delhi cabinet last year on charges of corruption, has said he and his family were facing "death threats" from Mr Kejriwal and some of his partymen.

"For 9 to 10 months, I have been facing death threats and even my family is at risk... Kejriwal and some of his partymen are hatching a conspiracy to get me killed," Mr Khan alleged at a press conference.

The former Food and Civil Supplies and Environment Minister was sacked last October for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs. 6 lakh to allow the construction of a building in his constituency.

"I have been issued death threats over phone and also in person. I have already filed complaints with the police. I had even written a letter on May 2 to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh telling my case and also sent it to the LG," he claimed.

"Through this press conference, I would also like to request the Home Minister to provide security to me and my family," he said, distributing copies of the letter to the media. "I have in my possession some of the audio and video recordings on the Kejriwal government, and I will soon make those evidences public, and expose the real face of Kejriwal."

Asked whether the party will take any action against him, AAP spokesperson Deepak Bajpai said, "He was sacked from the cabinet and the case was forwarded to the CBI. Can any action be bigger than that?"

In response to Khan's allegations, Bajpai mockingly said, "He has chosen a good season to come up with these baseless charges and I am sure the police will not waste a minute in making yet another arrest. But we hope Modiji will act first on the CBI complaint made by us against him."

( Source : PTI )
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