Actor Kaushik Sen claimed to received death threats

NPnews24 online :  Kolkata – Actor Kaushik Sen, one of the prominent figure wrote an open letter to Prime Minisiter Narendra Modi asking him to intervene in incidents of lynching and the alleged weaponistaion of the slogan “Jai Shri Ram” into a “war cry” and claimed to have received death threats.

“Yesterday I received a call from an unknown number and was threatened of dire consequences if I don’t stop raising my voice against lynchings and intolerance.

“To be honest, I am not bothered about such calls. I have also informed other signatories about the call and forwarded them the number, Mr Sen added.

Another actor, Swara Bhasker, backed the letter and its authors yesterday, stating that “lynching had become an epidemic in the country.