Mumbai: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar has been provided with additional security after she received a death threat letter from an anonymous sender on Friday.
Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil on Sunday informed the media that the mayor's security has been increased and the probe into the case and search operation to look for the sender of the letter is on.
Whoever is found to be the culprit would be punished harshly, the home minister said.
The Mumbai mayor said the letter was full of vulgar language and hence she couldn't read it thoroughly.
Ms Pednekar, who is a leader of the ruling Shiv Sena in the Mumbai municipal corporation, filed a complaint with the Byculla Police station on Friday, soon after she received the letter.
An FIR has been registered on her complaint against an unidentified person under relevant sections of IPC for criminal intimidation and word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman. According to police, teams have been sent to Uran, Kharghar and Panvel in Navi Mumbai and Raigad as part of the investigation.
This was the second death threat the mayor received so far. A man from Gujarat was arrested for giving threats to her on the phone.
