Lawyer defending Delhi gangrape accused gets Naxal threat

A P Singh is defending main accused in the gruesome gangrape case that shocked nation.

A lawyer,defending two accused in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case,today sought from the special court here security claiming that a Jharkhand-based Naxal group has threatened him.

Advocate A P Singh,who represents accused Akshay Thakur and Vinay Sharma,has also sought a high-level enquiry into the incident.

He has annexed a letter,the contents of which were incoherent,purportedly giving the threat to him and the court among others.

Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna directed the investigating officer (IO) of the case to look in to matter. “Let local police also investigate the matter,” the judge said.

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