Lawyers Receive Threat Calls, This time over Kashmir
New Delhi: On Monday, Several Supreme Court lawyers alleged that they have received threat calls, from terrorist group Indian Mujahedeen, over the removal of Article 370 that granted special rights to Kashmir. They threatened to hoist the flag of Kashmir in Delhi on Republic Day.
This is not the first time that the lawyers have claimed to have received threat calls. Earlier, they received calls threatening. Judges over the Supreme Court's inquiry committee investigating the case involving the security breach where Prime Minister Narendra Modi stuck on a flyover in Punjab for 20 minutes.
They received a second threatening call last week as well allegedly from pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice for the same reason.
The callers today also referred to threats by the pro-Khalistan group and vowed to "take the fight to Delhi."
"We will take the fight to Delhi...The way Article 370 was removed is against the rights of the people of Kashmir, and the Supreme Court is as responsible as the government...The fight for Freedom of Kashmir will take place in Delhi and the entire world will watch.
Even the organization 'Sikhs for Justice' which supports the idea of Khalistan is taking the fight to Delhi," transcript of the call recording said.
Last three calls had warned "anti-Muslim and anti-Sikh" Supreme Court advocates that they would be held "accountable" after a police case was filed on them following the first threat call.
The calls apparently also contained messages like "We will block PM Modi’s route on Jan 26 (Republic Day)" and "we will not let Justice Indu Malhotra investigate the PM security breach case this time."
A lawyer, Deepak Prakash had filed a police case over what he called "terrifying" calls that could lead to riots. Threats included "extremely adverse reactions affecting national security of the PM", he had alleged.
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