Intelligence dept receives input about threat to Maha CM Eknath Shinde's life; security beefed up
Mumbai, Oct 2: Security of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has been beefed up following a specific input about a threat to his life, an official said on Sunday.
The State Intelligence Department (SID) on Saturday evening received specific input about the threat to the life of CM Shinde, the official said.
State Intelligence Commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre confirmed the threat.
"After specific information, we have taken necessary action and have increased the security of the chief minister," Dumbre told PTI without elaborating.
Additional security has been provided to the CM, who enjoys a Z Plus category security cover, he said.
Security has also been stepped up at Shinde's private residence in Thane and the official residence 'Varsha' in Mumbai, he said.
Shinde is scheduled to address his first Dussehra rally at MMRDA grounds in Mumbai on October 5.
He became the chief minister in June this year after his rebellion with Shiv Sena MLAs led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led government.
Notably, Shinde had received a threat letter suspected to have been sent by Naxalites last October when he was the Urban Development Minister and also guardian minister of Gadchiroli district, affected by Naxalism.
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Pope Leo XIV blasts 'delusion of omnipotence' fueling the US-Israeli war in Iran
Rome AP: In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the US-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica on the same day the United States and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan and as a fragile ceasefire held.
History's first US-born pope didn't mention the United States or President Donald Trump in his prayer, which was planned before the talks were announced. But Leo's tone and message appeared directed at Trump and US officials, who have boasted of US military superiority and justified the war in religious terms.
“Enough of the idolatry of self and money!” Leo demanded. “Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!”
