Padmavati Row: Karni Sena Received Life Threat From Pakistan

Shri Rajput Karni Sena the organization that has been opposing the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Padmavati', now claims that their founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi has received a threat call from Pakistan.

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Mahipal Singh Makrana, state president of Shri Rajput Karni Sena said, "Our spokesperson received a threat call from Pakistan, asking us not to oppose release of 'Padmavati', otherwise Kalvi would be blown off."

"We approached Special Operations Group (SOG) on Thursday to file a complaint. They listened to us and asked us to approach the Director General of Police and Jaipur police commissioner  and file a complaint there too" he added.

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When asked, SOG IG Dinesh MN has confirmed that people from the Karni Sena did approach them with a complaint and that they are now looking into the matter.