<p> Former minister and writer B T Lalitha Naik has received a letter from a Udupi-based man giving her life threat.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“I received the letter from one Sunil Sharma a week ago. He has targeted me for my observations on cow slaughter. He has stated that people like me should be killed,” Naik told DH over phone from Dharwad.<br /><br />Naik said that she had attended an event about 20 days ago in Chikkamagaluru where she opposed the attack on Dalits for skinning a dead cow. “Expletives have been used against me in the letter. Sharma has written that people like me should be killed instead of cows.”<br /><br />The former minister in Dharwad to take part in a protest on Tuesday against the killing of progressive thinkers M M Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar. She confided in some writers about the letter who advised her to lodge a complaint with the police.<br /><br />“I will lodge a complaint at the Sanjaynagar police station on behalf of Dr Kalburgi, Pansare, Dabholkar Hatya Virodhi Horata Samithi on Wednesday once I return to Bengaluru. I will also produce the letter before the police,” she added.<br /><br />Naik was minister for Kannada and Culture in J H Patel Cabinet.</p>
<p> Former minister and writer B T Lalitha Naik has received a letter from a Udupi-based man giving her life threat.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“I received the letter from one Sunil Sharma a week ago. He has targeted me for my observations on cow slaughter. He has stated that people like me should be killed,” Naik told DH over phone from Dharwad.<br /><br />Naik said that she had attended an event about 20 days ago in Chikkamagaluru where she opposed the attack on Dalits for skinning a dead cow. “Expletives have been used against me in the letter. Sharma has written that people like me should be killed instead of cows.”<br /><br />The former minister in Dharwad to take part in a protest on Tuesday against the killing of progressive thinkers M M Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar. She confided in some writers about the letter who advised her to lodge a complaint with the police.<br /><br />“I will lodge a complaint at the Sanjaynagar police station on behalf of Dr Kalburgi, Pansare, Dabholkar Hatya Virodhi Horata Samithi on Wednesday once I return to Bengaluru. I will also produce the letter before the police,” she added.<br /><br />Naik was minister for Kannada and Culture in J H Patel Cabinet.</p>
