<p>New Delhi: Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, who filed a civil lawsuit claiming that the dargah of Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ajmer">Ajmer </a>was built over a Shiva temple, on Saturday lodged a police complaint alleging that he has received death threats for filing the petition.</p>.<p>Gupta said he filed the complaint at the Barakhamba Road police station in Delhi after he received two threatening calls -- one from an Indian number and another from Canada.</p>.<p>"The caller from Canada threatened to behead me for filing the petition in the Ajmer court. He threatened that I have made a big mistake by filing the petition regarding Ajmer Dargah," he said.</p>.Ajmer Dargah row: Temple claim in petition triggers fierce debate.<p>Police said that they were looking into Gupta's complaint.</p>.<p>"The complaint was filed at around 3 pm and we are looking into it. Appropriate action will be taken," a senior officer said.</p>.<p>Gupta said he would not be cowed down by such threats.</p>.<p>He has demanded that the dargah in Rajasthan's Ajmer be declared as Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple and Hindus be given the right to worship there.</p>.<p>The dargah is visited by thousands of devotees cutting across religious lines every day.</p>.<p>A court issued notices to the Dargah committee, the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday, seeking their response on the petition filed by Gupta.</p>.<p>The court's move to accept the petition and notices to the three parties has sparked a major controversy, with the Muslim leaders slamming it as an attempt to disturb communal harmony.</p>.<p>The development comes amid simmering tensions over several similar temple-mosque lawsuits especially in Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>The next hearing in the Ajmer case is on December 20.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, who filed a civil lawsuit claiming that the dargah of Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ajmer">Ajmer </a>was built over a Shiva temple, on Saturday lodged a police complaint alleging that he has received death threats for filing the petition.</p>.<p>Gupta said he filed the complaint at the Barakhamba Road police station in Delhi after he received two threatening calls -- one from an Indian number and another from Canada.</p>.<p>"The caller from Canada threatened to behead me for filing the petition in the Ajmer court. He threatened that I have made a big mistake by filing the petition regarding Ajmer Dargah," he said.</p>.Ajmer Dargah row: Temple claim in petition triggers fierce debate.<p>Police said that they were looking into Gupta's complaint.</p>.<p>"The complaint was filed at around 3 pm and we are looking into it. Appropriate action will be taken," a senior officer said.</p>.<p>Gupta said he would not be cowed down by such threats.</p>.<p>He has demanded that the dargah in Rajasthan's Ajmer be declared as Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple and Hindus be given the right to worship there.</p>.<p>The dargah is visited by thousands of devotees cutting across religious lines every day.</p>.<p>A court issued notices to the Dargah committee, the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday, seeking their response on the petition filed by Gupta.</p>.<p>The court's move to accept the petition and notices to the three parties has sparked a major controversy, with the Muslim leaders slamming it as an attempt to disturb communal harmony.</p>.<p>The development comes amid simmering tensions over several similar temple-mosque lawsuits especially in Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>The next hearing in the Ajmer case is on December 20.</p>