DMK’s Madurai south district secretary G. Thalapathi received a threat call on Sunday. Tirupparankundram police have registered a case of criminal intimidation through anonymous communication and are investigating.
According to police, Mr. Thalapathi received the call on his mobile phone on Sunday night at 8.30 p.m.
The caller, a man who did not identify himself, told Mr. Thalapathi that he would be done away with “like Suresh.”
The police said that the caller had referred to ‘Pottu’ Suresh, a DMK functionary who was hacked to death in the city by an armed gang on January 31, 2013. Suresh was a close aide of former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri.
The police registered a first information report on Monday based on Mr. Thalapathi’s complaint.
The call was made from a public call office in Othakadai area, a suburb on the northern side of Madurai city, police said.
