IS threatens Ravi Shankar


New target: Ravi Shankar greeting the crowd during his talk in Batu Kawan Stadium in Penang. IS purportedly sent a letter threatening to kill him.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are investigating a letter purportedly sent by the Islamic State (IS), threatening to kill India’s spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who was in Penang over the weekend.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed that a letter was sent to the famed spiritual leader. Sources said police were trying to track the origin of the letter, which was posted locally to the office of Ravi Shankar’s humanitarian NGO’s Malaysian chapter in Shah Alam.

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