Vineet Jindal, an attorney for the Supreme Court, received threats on his life on Tuesday night and has requested the Delhi Police for protection. The unidentified letter received by Jindal said, “Allah ka paigham hai Vineet Jindal, tera bhi sar tan se juda karenge jald hi.” Translated as “It’s Allah’s word, Vineet Jindal; we’ll behead you soon.”

According to the sources, Jindal told the Delhi Police that he had received the anonymous letter after returning home on July 26 at about 8:30 pm. Jindal had requested security from them. His home has CCTV, but the people who threw the piece of paper with the threat on it escaped detection.

He moved to Twitter to post the letter and requested DCP Northwest to look into the problem. “Today the jihadis threatened to separate my head from my body and sent it to my house. This is a threat to my life and my family’s life, Delhi Police has already agreed to this. @cp_delhi @DCP_NorthWest I request you to take action on this.”

In the application he submitted to the Delhi Police, Jindal also stated that he had previously received similar threat texts and calls. Jindal said, “Earlier as well, I have received threat messages and calls from the US, Taiwan and Canada, about which I had informed the Delhi Police. Please investigate the matter.”

According to reports, Vineet Jindal has already been assigned a PSO by the Delhi Police and has security. Jindal asserted that he recently asked for a PSO for his security.

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