Rajasthan BJP president receives death threat from unidentified caller

Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP president Madan Rathore on Friday received a death threat from an unidentified caller, who also hurled abuses at him.

Rathore, a Rajya Sabha MP, was in Delhi when he received the call.

"The man called me and threatened to shoot me," Rathore told PTI from Delhi.

He said that as soon as he picked up the call, the caller started abusing him, and said he would shoot him.

The police have been informed about the matter, he said.

Following the incident, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, BJP state in-charge Radhamohan Das Agarwal, and several other BJP leaders reached out to Rathore to inquire about the incident.