Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta gets death threat, police identify caller
Preliminary investigations have led to the identification of the caller. However, the phone number has since been switched off and is untraceable.advertisementAccording to Ghaziabad police, the call was made in the Kotwali police station area.Inverstigations are underway to trace the phone and the caller.This comes hours after sources told India Today that the BJP-led Delhi government's chief has been allotted an official residence close to her assembly constituency. The allotment came after Rekha Gupta completed over a hundred days in the office.These residence assigned to her is in proximity to the city centre, facilitating easy access to both her constituency and official engagements.
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