Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait Receives Death Threat, Probe Ordered

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait allegedly received death threats from an unknown caller who also hurled abuses at him, police said on Monday.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait allegedly received death threats from an unknown caller, police said on Monday. The unknown caller had also hurled abuses at Rakesh Tikait.

Senior superintendent of police, Muzaffarnagar, Abhishek Yadav said that the police have launched an investigation based on a complaint filed by the farmer leader Rakesh Tikait’s driver Perjval Tyagi at the Civil Lines police station, news agency PTI reported.

Meanwhile a police team led by senior sub-inspector Rakesh Sharma visited Rakesh Tikait’s residence and spoke to him, the police said.