Ex-minister Asim Khan alleges Kejriwal threatening to kill him

NEW DELHI: AAP legislator from Matia Mahal Asim Ahmed Khan on Thursday alleged that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his aides “are conspiring to get him

NEW DELHI: AAP legislator from Matia Mahal Asim Ahmed Khan on Thursday alleged that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his aides “are conspiring to get him killed”.

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Khan also appealed to lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung and Union home minister Rajnath Singh to provide police protection to him and his family. Aam Aadmi Party spokespersons, however, refused to offer any comment over Khan’s allegations.

“Me and my family are receiving death threats from Kejriwal and his aides. If anything happens to me and my family members, he (Kejriwal) and his aides will be responsible,” Khan told reporters at a press conference on Thursday evening.

Asim was a minister in the Delhi government. Kejriwal sacked him in October last year for allegedly demanding bribe from a builder. The AAP government had also recommended a CBI inquiry against the former Delhi food and supplies minister. The CBI is probing the case.

Khan said he had written to the union home minister and the L-G, seeking protection on May 2. However, a copy of the letter shared with the media did not have any direct reference to the chief minister. In the letter, Khan has levelled charges of life threat from Ballimaran legislator Imran Hussain, who replaced Asim in the Kejriwal cabinet.

Asim defended the sudden outburst against the party leadership, saying that he and his family have been facing threats for past few months. He said he decided to come out in the open after seeing the “drama” that played out on news channels on Wednesday. Khan was referring to the allegations of life threat by Kejriwal against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Asked why he was being threatened, Khan said: “I worked as a minister in Delhi government for nine months. I know many things which would create problems for them. I have all the proof and will expose the real face of Kejriwal and the AAP very soon. He will benefit from my death.”

Asim added that the threats have intensified after he demanded Kejriwal to investigate AAP legislator Naresh Yadav’s role in Malerkotla Quran desecration case.

“I received a death threat call around 15-20 days ago. I also filed an FIR at Jama Masjid police station,” Khan said. He said he was still with the AAP.