Lucknow: An advocate and right-wing leader Devendra Tiwari has received a threat letter in the name of absconder Guddu Muslim. The advocate has been asked to cough up Rs 20 lakhs as extortion money, or else face the consequences. The Prayagraj police are on the lookout for Guddu Muslim, who is wanted in advocate Umesh Pal murder case that took place on February 24. In the threat letter, it has also been mentioned that UP CM Yogi Adityanath and STF chief Amitabh Yash are also on the radar.
On Thursday, Tiwari found the threatening letter in his car when he was getting inside his vehicle to go home. In the letter, he was blamed for causing a huge loss to the slaughterhouse business in Uttar Pradesh. Tiwari was blamed for filing PIL in court, which eventually led to a ban on slaughterhouses in the state.
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Giving stern warnings, the letter further stated that "The PIL filed in the court sounded a death knell to the functioning of slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh. Advocate Devendra Tiwari is solely responsible for pushing our families to economic hardships. Several Muslim families became jobless due to the shutting down of the slaughterhouses in the state. You (Devendra Tiwari) filed PIL in the court on the behest of UP CM Yogi Adityanath. A countless number of bullets will be sprayed on you (Tiwari) even the police will get confused while counting them (bullets). Hence, come to the designated spot in Prayagraj with Rs 20 lakhs. Our men will pick up the money."
Confirming the receipt of the letter, Devendra Tiwari said that he stays in the Alambagh locality in UP's capital Lucknow. "On Thursday, when I was getting inside the car and was leaving for home from the Ashiana area of the city, a letter was found near the door of my car."
