Lawrence Bishnoi gang issues death threat to Pappu Yadav for supporting Salman Khan, MP says ‘I may be murdered’

Saying even a word in Salman Khan’s support can cost you your life - the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has kept their motives straight for a long time now. It was recently that they gunned down NCP leader Baba Siddique for his association with the actor and have now issued a fresh threat to Pappu Yadav. The MP had lately supported Salman Khan and condemned the increasing terror driven by the Bishnoi gang.

Why is Pappu Yadav on Lawrence Bishnoi's target?

A few days after Baba Siddique’s death, Purnia MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav had declared that “if allowed (by the government), he alone could eliminate a two-bit criminal like Lawrence Bishnoi within 24 hours.” He also wrote a separate tweet for Salman Khan in Hindi which read, "I want to assure him 'main hoon na'. I had a long conversation with him on the phone. He is fearless. He said his work and humanity were of prime importance to him. I am with you in every situation.”

In no time, the MP received a call from one of Lawrence Bishnoi’s associates and after suspecting and dodging it multiple times, he finally made his assistant receive it. The purported conversation between the gang member and Yadav’s personal assistant featured repeated warnings for the MP to stay away from the matter.

In a recorded audio message, the caller can be heard saying as per India Today, “You could have told ‘bhai’ that the media did this, not me. Settle the matter as soon as possible. I considered you an elder brother, and you've embarrassed me. Call back, and I’ll connect you with ‘bhai.’”

Now after the matter has escalated and came to Pappu Yadav’s life, the MP has written an email to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on October 21 seeking an upgrade of his security from ‘Y’ to ‘Z’.

In a part of his email accessed by Indian Express, the MP had written, “Today, when Lawrence Bishnoi gang is continuously committing incidents in the country, I being a political person, opposed the incident. On protesting, the head of Lawrence Bishnoi gang threatened to kill me…Despite such threats, the Home Ministry of Bihar and the Union Home Ministry seem to be inactive towards my security…. I request you to increase my security cover from Y category to Z category in time.”

He further asked for strict security arrangements at all political programmes he undertakes as MP, “including police escort in all the districts of Bihar”. “If this is not done, I may be murdered anytime,” Yadav signed off.

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