INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has been granted a weapon licence for self-defence, sources have said
She has been facing extreme threats from Islamic radicals for her remarks against Prophet.After conducting a security audit, the special
cell and an intelligence agency had suggested several measures
Accordingly, she is learnt to have shifted to an undisclosed location and has been provided security
She subsequently applied for a hand gun (short-range weapon) licence and was recently granted one by the licensing unit of Delhi Police, an
aggravating the worry of intelligence agencies about the safety of the ex-BJP spokesperson, who was already facing jihadi threats
Qaida had issued a video statement through its mouthpiece claiming its members were ready to blow themselves up in Delhi, Gujarat, UP and
Mumbai.Last year, a tailor in Udaipur who had supported Sharma on social media was hacked to death in his shop by two radical elements
backed by a Pakistani group
Delhi Police subsequently filed an FIR of criminal intimidation on her complaint after she received threat messages following the
controversy over her remarks
Another FIR was registered against her as well for her remarks and she was questioned by the cyber cell
Sharma was expelled from BJP after the party distanced itself from her remarks.WatchFormer BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma gets gun license
