Team India coach Gautam Gambhir receives death threat email

The threats were reportedly received on April 22 -- the same day terrorists gunned down 26 people, mostly tourists, in Kashmir's Pahalgam -- via a suspicious Gmail account

New Delhi: Indian cricket team’s head coach and former BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has found himself at the centre of a security scare after he reportedly received threatening emails, a police source said on Thursday.

The source said that Gambhir received two threat mails, a complaint regarding which was received at the Rajinder Nagar police station. “We have launched an investigation into the matter,” the source. said.

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The threats were reportedly received on April 22 — the same day terrorists gunned down 26 people, mostly tourists, in Kashmir’s Pahalgam — via a suspicious Gmail account.

This isn’t the first time Gambhir has been threatened. In 2022, he received similar threats, prompting the authorities to tighten his security measures.