Press Trust of India The Shiv Sena on Monday dubbed as “laughable” the alleged Maoist letter suggesting a Maoist plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the conspiracy does not seem legitimate and appears like the story of a horror film.

In remarks laced with sarcasm, it said high-profile leaders ought to be provided elaborate security cover irrespective of lakhs of people dying in attacks by insurgents.

Making light of the alleged threats by Maoists to the Prime Minister and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, it said, “Some say that a part of the BJP considers Modi and Fadnavis as thorns and has given a supari (contract) to Naxalites to eliminate them. However, such statements should not be given much importance.”

Politics should not be played over the security of the PM and the CM. “They should be given security. It is okay if lakhs of people die (in Naxalite attacks)...However, they should live,” the Sena quipped in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana .

A letter, purportedly suggesting the assassination of Modi and Fadnavis, has come to the fore. However, it is condemnable that the issue is being milked for political purpose, it said.

Modi’s security, like Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency), is impossible to penetrate, the Sena claimed.

Similarly, Fadnavis has converted the State Secretariat into a “fortress”, where the movement of common man has become difficult, it alleged.

“In such a case, the plot to assassinate them seems mysterious and the story of a horror film,” it added.

“All this was revealed by the police which seems laughable,” it said.

On the one hand, Naxalites plan to procure M-4 assault rifles along with four lakh rounds of ammunition, and on the other hand, leave behind an assassination plot as evidence. “This conspiracy does not seem legitimate, is what is being said by experts,” the Marathi publication said.

According to police probing the January 1 Bhima-Koregaon caste violence in Pune district, a letter seized from a person arrested in that connection talked about ultras mulling a “Rajiv Gandhi-type incident” and suggesting that Modi should be targeted during his “road shows”.

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