Bhubaneswar: A letter purported to have been sent by Maoists has threatened Orissa’s Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadai, police said today.
“The letter threatened to eliminate the finance minister and trigger a blast at IDCO Tower of the Industries department,” a police officer said here.
According to IDCO authorities, the letter was hand delivered on Tuesday and bore the signature of a Maoist leader.
“We have already handed over the letter to police,” a senior IDCO official told reporters.
The letter alleged that the state-owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation provided land to relatives of Ghadai at “cheap rates” in Jajpur district.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Himansu Lal said the police were investigating the sources of the letter.
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