Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's security has been tightened following an SMS death threat received by him from Mumbai. The SMS is said to be from Chhota Shakeel of the notorious D Company. The threat was reportedly sent to an Officer on Special Duty attached to the union minister's office via SMS by the Dawood Ibrahim gang. The threat via SMS said: "Apologize to Lalit Modi. Drop the (Kochi) team, or die." The SMS is said to be from Chhota Shakeel of the D-Company. Tharoor has reportedly written to the Home Ministry about the death threat, following which his security has been tightened.
Tharoor is reportedly in trouble after IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi tweeted to reveal that Sunanda Pushkar, a close associate of Tharoor. had been gifted equity worth 70 cores in the new Kochi team which was sold for 1530 cores last month.
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