Case Over "Threat" To Varanasi Judge Who Ordered Gyanvapi Mosque Filming

The judge said he had received a "threat letter", purportedly written by Kashif Ahmed Siddiqui from an organisation called Islamic Aagaz Movement.

A case has been registered over a "threat letter" received by the judge who ordered the filming of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, the police said.

Police have registered the case on the basis of a complaint by an orderly of Varanasi civil judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar who on Tuesday informed the Varanasi administration that he had received a "threat letter", purportedly written by Kashif Ahmed Siddiqui from an organisation called Islamic Aagaz Movement.

"A joint team of Varanasi police and the crime branch is investigating the matter," officials said. Police said they have upgraded the security for the judge and his family.

Citing a threat to his life, judge Diwakar had also written to top Uttar Pradesh officials -  the Additional Chief Secretary (Home), the Director-General of Police (DGP), and to the Varanasi Police Commissionerate, demanding appropriate action.