Y+ Security For Cleric Who Termed RSS Chief "Rashtra Pita"

Mr Ilyasi met Mr Bhagwat on September 22 and called him 'Rashtra Pita'.

All India Imam Organisation chief Umer Ahmed Ilyasi has been granted Y+ category security after he received multiple threats after he termed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat as "Rashtra Pita" or the 'Father of the Nation'.

Mr Ilyasi met Mr Bhagwat on September 22 and called him 'Rashtra Pita' and added that the RSS chief had visited Madarsa Tajweedul Quran in north Delhi at his invitation.

"I thank the Government of India for the Y+ category security which has been granted by the Ministry of Home Affairs," Mr Ilyasi told ANI, adding that he still stands by what he had said.

Mr Iliyasi further said that he had been receiving threats over the phone from England, Dubai and Kolkata and following this, he lodged a case at Tilak Lane police station, and also gave this information to the Ministry of Home Affairs.