Swami Avimukteshwaranand gets threat of ‘Atiq-like murder’, FIR lodged

VARANASI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand has allegedly got death threat that he would be eliminated like gangster Atiq Ahmed. The seer's media in-charge, Sanjay Pandey, said several objectionable text messages were sent from a suspicious phone number on the official phone number of Jyotirmath on April 1. After the number was blocked, two threatening voice messages were received via voice mail on April 6, he said. Pandey added that the messages contained abusive language and threats to kill the seer. In two voice messages, the person issuing threats to the seer can be heard hurling abuses and he was threatening to kill him like Atiq was killed.He said the Shankaracharya is currently running the "Gau Mata Rashtra Mata" campaign and is scheduled to undertake a tour across various Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh.Inspector Bhelupur Sudhir Kumar Tripathi said that a complaint from the disciples of the seer has been received and the matter is being investigated.