Rajasthan Chief Minister Receives Death Threat From Prison Inmate
A convict serving a life sentence in Dausa's Salawas jail allegedly made a threatening phone call to the Jaipur police control room, prompting an investigation into security lapses.
- Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma received a death threat from Rinku, a prisoner serving a life sentence for a rape conviction in Dausa's Salawas jail.
- The threatening call was made to the Jaipur police control room, with the phone traced back to the jail during an investigation.
- Authorities conducted a four-hour search operation in the jail, recovering the mobile phone used to make the threat.
- State officials are investigating how the inmate obtained a phone and whether jail staff were complicit in the security breach.
- This is the second reported death threat against the Chief Minister from a Dausa jail inmate in less than a year, raising concerns over repeated lapses in prison security.