Day after Sanjay Raut claims threat to life, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde promises investigation

Sanjay Raut has alleged Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son and Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde has hired contract killers to kill him.

Raut is touring Nashik currently and has been provided additional police security. The hotel where he is staying is guarded by additional policemen. A police escort has also been provided. (File)

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A day after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged his life was under threat, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said the police would probe his claim and act accordingly. Raut on Tuesday alleged Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s son and Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde has hired contract killers to kill him.

“We will check if this (Raut’s claim) is based on facts or is a stunt,” Shinde said.

Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the home portfolio, had said he would ascertain the facts to see whether the claims were real or to create a sensation.

Raut is currently touring Nashik and has been provided additional police security. The hotel where he is staying is being guarded by additional police personnel. A police escort has also been provided.

Raut Tuesday wrote three separate letters to Fadnavis, the Mumbai police commissioner, and the Thane police commissioner with regard to a threat to his life. He claimed the contract to kill him had been given to a goon named Raja Thakur, and that he has been constantly receiving threats from ruling party MLAs and their goons after his security was removed by the state government immediately after the change of guard.

In his letter to Fadnavis, Raut further said there has been an increase in attacks on elected representatives in the state.

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