Byndoor JD(S) Candidate gets ‘threat call from Dubai
Kundapur: Ravi Shetty, JD(S) candidate for the Byndoor Assembly constituency has filed a complaint with the Kollur Police after he received a threat call from UAE.
In his complaint, Ravi Shetty has said that he received a call from a Dubai number +5044 while he was campaigning for the elections at 5:36 pm on May 4.
The caller threatened him and asked him to stay away from election campaigning, else he would face more treats and no one would be able to save him. “If you do not stop, you will not live long”, said the caller.
Ravi Shetty said “I don’t have any rivals in my constituency and it is a surprise to me. I don’t care about such threat calls, I will continue my election campaign.”
JD(S) district president said that “It is the murder of democracy, we don’t care about suck threat calls. Two national parties are trying to stop JD(S) for contesting the elections in the Byndoor constituency. People of Byndoor are supporting JD(S) wholeheartedly. The police should take action against the culprits”, he said.