Lucknow: Farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait allegedly received a death threat from an unknown caller, who also hurled abuses at him, police said on Monday.
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Senior superintendent of police, Muzaffarnagar, Abhishek Yadav said that the police have launched an investigation based on a complaint filed by the Bhartiya Kisan Union ( BKU) leader’s driver Perjval Tyagi at the Civil Lines police station. Meanwhile a police team led by senior sub-inspector Rakesh Sharma visited Tikait’s residence and spoke to him, the police said.
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Tikait was the prime face of Farmers’ protest
Rakesh Tikait was the prime face of the Farmer’s protest at delhi border. Even during the UP polls, Tikait was on tour throughout the state and was asking people not to vote BJP as they betrayed farmers.