Umar Khalid’s father claims threat call by Ravi Pujari, files complaint

He has filed a complaint at the Jamia Nagar police station in this connection. Khalid's father had yesterday expressed his disappointment over his son being branded as a 'terrorist' because of his past.

New Delhi, Feb. 20: Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, father of Umar Khalid, a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, has claimed that he received a “death threat call from underworld don Ravi Pujari”. He has filed a complaint at the Jamia Nagar police station in this connection. Khalid’s father had yesterday expressed his disappointment over his son being branded as a ‘terrorist’ because of his past. (Also Read: JNU student Umar Khalid a true son of India, says his sister )

Rasool Ilyas had told ANI that it was extremely unfortunate that he was being singled out from among the ten organisers of the event at the JNU because he is a Muslim. He further said that judiciary must decide whether his son is guilty. Ilyas, who was a Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) member three decades ago, further said that his son was being branded as the chief organiser and mastermind because he is a Muslim.