Dhoni’s security intensified after threat
RANCHI: Security, around Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after he received extortion letters, has been beefed up.
Police said on Wednesday they had sent more than 45 commandos to Dhoni's house in his hometown of Ranchi, the capital of the eastern state of Jharkhand.
The first letter, received on Monday, threatened Dhoni's family with dire consequences if the player fails to pay 5 million rupees estimating $102,000, police said.
A second letter on Wednesday threatened to blow up the captain's family home if police were asked for help.
Dhoni arrived in Ranchi on Tuesday and met a local police official on Wednesday to discuss the threat.
"The letter sent by the unknown was alleged to be a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim, but the letter has been sent from Ranchi, " a police spokesman said.
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