CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury is likely to get security cover following an anonymous call saying his life was under threat from royalists in Nepal for his role supporting the pro-democracy movement. The call, made to the CPI office in Delhi on Monday, said there were similar threats to NCP leader D P Tripathy and CPI leader D. Raja, who were also active role as members of the Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee India .The Indian Embassy in Nepal is believed to have endorsed the threat perception to the leaders for their role in Nepal. Yechury said he was given additional security cover by the West Bengal Police when he reached Darjeeling on Monday for a public meeting, after crossing into India by road. That was after CPI leader Pallab Sengupta, who received the call, passed on the information to the West Bengal unit of the CPI(M), which in turn alerted the state government.The intelligence assessment of the state police was that apart from the Nepal issue, Yechury needed ‘‘extra protection’’ because of the presence of GNLF, ULFA and Greater Cooch Behar sympathisers in the area. ‘‘I have not been given any security cover yet in Delhi,’’ the CPI(M) leader said.Yechury said he first got a call during a public meeting in Darjeeling from someone who wanted to discuss the Nepal issue with him. He guided the person to D. Raja, when the person said he wanted to talk to someone in the CPI. It was on Raja’s number that Sengupta received the warning.Yechury, who returned from Nepal on Sunday after a three-day visit, was consistently feted by the Nepalese people during his journey, especially by leaders of the seven-party alliance. He had made an impact on the peace moves between the Maoists and the alliance, using his credibility with the two to guide them through their differences.
