AAP's Ashish Khetan moves SC seeking security, alleges threats from right-wing groups

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashish Khetan who has claimed to have received a 'death threat' from fringe Hindu groups, has moved SC seeking security.

Khetan had on May 9 received a letter stating that he had "crossed all levels" in committing sins against Hindu saints, following which he had also demanded that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh initiate action against the culprits.

"It is because of you (Khetan) that Sadhvi Pragya Singh (an accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case) and Virendra Singh Tawde (an accused in the case of murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in 2013) are in jail. People like you deserve only death punishment in a Hindu Rashtra," the letter said.

Earlier, a former scribe had said that several journalists, writers and activists had been threatened by the right wing forces.

Khetan had also received a similar threat letter last year.

Khetan is the vice-chairman of the Delhi Dialogue Commission, which looks after the implementation of various polls promises made by the AAP before the 2015 Assembly polls.

He had also unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from the New Delhi constituency.

(With agency inputs)