Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 17: Several Supreme Court lawyers on Monday said they had received threatening phone calls from international numbers, allegedly from pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice for the second time in seven days, over PM Modi security breach during his visit to Punjab on January 5.
Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, Apoorv Shukla and Nishant Katneshwarkar are among those who received the calls from international numbers with pre recorded audio, threatening them for lodging complaints against SFJ.
Last week, a single caller urged judges hearing the case that they “must not assist PM Modi” in punishing Sikh farmers. The caller then brought up the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, accusing the court of being silent after Sikh farmers were killed while protesting farm rules.
“The call specifically asked Supreme Court Judges to refrain from hearing the petition on the blockade of PM Modi’s cavalcade,” said Vishnu Shankar Jain, a lawyer for the UP government.
A lawyer Deepak Prakash filed a police case over what he called “terrifying” calls that could lead to riots. Threats included “extremely adverse reactions affecting national security”, he alleged.
SC lawyers were advised to keep away from the case after the first round of calls.
Notably, PM Modi’s convoy was stranded on a flyover in Ferozepur on January 5 owing to a protester roadblock, and he returned without attending any events, including an election rally.
The Punjab administration and the central government ordered inquiries, but the Supreme Court put both on hold after appointing Justice Malhotra to lead the committee.
