Now, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde says he received threat calls

Now, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde says he received threat calls

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde

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The union minister has also lodged a complaint at a police station in Karnataka

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde has claimed that he received threat acallin the wee hours of Sunday.

The union minister has also lodged a complaint at a police station in Karnataka.

The Karnataka Police have registered a complaint under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 504 and 507.

The complaint has come a week after heclaimedthat a “deliberate attempt” was made on his life when a truck hit his escort vehicle.

He said then that a truck hit his escort vehicle when he was travelling in Karnataka's Haveri district at around 11:30 pm.

The minister also posted a video and pictures on his Twitter account, saying that a truck tried to ram into his escort vehicle when he was travelling on the national highway near Halageri in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district in poll-bound Karnataka. “Since our vehicle was on top speed we escaped the hit,” the minister said.