Life threat to MCOCA judge

Special MCOCA Judge Y D Shinde was given additional security after he received a threat to his life late on Wednesday. Shinde,who is handling high profile cases like the Mumbai train blast case,Malegaon blast case and the case against the terror group Indian Mujahideen,allegedly got a threat call from a PCO demanding that the men who are under arrest since 2006 should be released. “The judge received a threat call but the caller did not disclose the motive. We have provided round-the-clock security to the judge,” said Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan.

Sivanandan added that senior officers of the rank of Inspector General of Police and Deputy Inspector General of Police met the Judge.

“Judge has written a letter to the Mumbai Police informing about the threat calls he recived from unknown persons. We are looking in to the matter,” added Sivanandan.

According to the sources,Shinde had received several calls in the past four days. However,it was only on Wednesday that the Judge wrote a letter to the police asking for security. “At least three calls have been made to the judge from different PCOs,” confirmed a senior police officer.