Didn't concoct info on threat to Rushdie's life: Rajasthan

The Rajasthan government tonight said the IB had shared information on threats to Salman Rushdie's life with the organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival, rejecting the author's charges that it was concocted."A confirmed information about a threat to Rushdie's life was shared by the Intelligence Bureau with the organisers of the festival. Such inputs had started to come even before the beginning of the event," the government said in a statement.The Rushdie row refused to die down with the author slamming the Rajasthan police for inventing a threat to his life to keep him away from the Jaipur Literature Festival. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also said tonight that JLF organisers were informed by the Intelligence Bureau about inputs related with threat to Salman Rushdie's life."It was told to the organisers by the IB that there was threat to Rushdie's life. The state government also made security arrangements in this view. The organisers were told that all the authors will  have to pass through security checks," he said.