MLA Aminul Haque Laskar receives death threat over post; Karimganj based body urges him to quit BJP within 15 days 

Inked in red, a letter reached MLA Aminul Haque Laskar’s residence by post on June 9, 2018. The letter is handwritten on a letter head of “Save Secure and Development Protection Force of Barak Valley Zone Assam”. The tone of the letter is aggressive in nature and threatens to kill the MLA in a number of occasions. Also to add to the the words the sender has taped a couple of bullets as a sign of threatening.

The letter is signed by Haidar Hussain Khan who claims himself to be the vice-chairman of the body as well as the man in charge of Barak Valley. In the letter the sender accuses Aminul Haque Laskar of misleading Muslims and enrolling them in BJP for his personal benefits. The sender also accuses him of being anti-Islamic as he supports BJP which according to the sender is an anti Muslim political party. The sender urges Laskar to quit the party within next 15 days or to prepare to die. Not, only Laskar the letter possesses threat to his family members too. The sender mentioned Laskar’s support of Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 as a heinous anti Muslim act.

Laskar however is not scared of the threat, “Me leaving BJP because of such threats is completely out of question,” he said. Adding, “Since the time I was voted in as the MLA we have cracked down many illegal syndicates operating in various parts in this zone. Which has stopped the illegal and easy mode of income of many and I think this is an aftereffect of that. This is not something I am really worried about.”

While Laskar is not threatened, he is worried about the fact that people have access to arms and ammunition and if they can send it through post they can fire it on someone too. As per sources the letter was posted from Karimganj on May 22.

Our correspondent reached out to Superintendent of Cachar Police, Rakesh Roushan and he said that the Police is looking into the matter. First they would like to identify and verify the authenticity of the sender and then asses the threat. “We will beef up the security if needed, but first we need to understand if it’s just a hoax,” said Roushan.