Lucknow: A Bharatiya Janata Party MP has filed a complaint with the police alleging a death threat to him, an official said on Thursday.


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The Lok Sabha MP from Ghosi, Harinarayan Rajbhar, in his written complaint to the police has stated that while he was attending an event in Mau on Wednesday, he got a call on his cell phone and the caller threatened to kill him.


Following this, he sent a written complaint to the police through his local representative. The police thereafter lodged a FIR under sections 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).


"We have begun a probe into the matter as it pertains to a lawmaker and the phone number from which the threatening call has been made has been put on electronic surveillance," an official told IANS.