Congress MLA and former Pradesh Congress president Birajit Sinha on Wednesday wrote letters to the Chief Minister, Home Secretary and DGP seeking protection after he allegedly received life threat from contractor mafias.

The Congress MLA from Kailashahar assembly constituency addressing a press conference at Agartala on Wednesday  said that that an audio recording has recently come which transpires, that, one Abdul Mannan of Kailashahar, who is a powerful Contractor mafia of ruling party controlling all government works in entire Kailashahar area through his gang has prepared a blueprint to kill him after he sought the intervention of Chief Minister for illegal activities going on at the office of Executive Engineer of DWS department.

Sinha in the letter to the Chief Minister, Home Secretary, DGP and two SPs said  as a people's representative, he had to approach the appropriate authorities including the Executive Engineer of Kumarghat Division in Unakoti District against negotiation mafias, who are creating havoc and resorting to threats, violence, and coercion to monopolize all the tender works originating from the Office and towards such unlawful goal of monopolizing all tenders, the Mafia group is thwarting others from participating in tenders.

“Even when some interested persons, by hook or by crook, managed to float tenders and by floating tenders, they got work orders, the Mafia group intervened and by creating pressure, compelled the officials not to issue work order”, he added.

Recently, the DWS department after a number of tenders, one person from Udaipur had got seven tenders through online, but the Executive Engineer of DWS was not issued any work order, said Sinha and added that then he sought the intervention of the Chief Minister through a letter.

The Chief Minister through strict warning asked the executive engineer to issue a work order, but then mafias closed the office of the engineer and engineer illegally cancelled all seven tenders.

As a result I have earned the displeasure and annoyance of the Mafia group and the Mafia group which is negotiating and earning crores of money through illegal bills has targeted me, alleged Sinha.

The MLA said that an audio recording has recently come which transpires that, one Abdul Mannan of Kailashahar, who is a powerful Contractor, and who has established a monopoly by unlawful means, along with his associates are conspiring to kill him.

“From the said audio recording, it further transpires that, in 2003, they attempted to finish me but could not succeed. But presently, they are planning to remove me physically as I have taken up the issue against the negotiation mafia group which is acting against the public interest. My life is threatened and I am feeling in secured”, said Sinha in his letter.

“As my life is threatened, for this reason, I require special protection from your end, so that the Mafia group does not become successful,” said Sinha.

Birajit has also demanded a proper investigation to find out who is involved in the conspiracy so that preventive action can be taken against them.

Sinha said that he also informed the matter to the Assembly Speaker through a letter and will also inform the AICC president and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

He said that the state has the responsibility to take preventive measures to secure the necessary protection of a public representative and to ensure his safety so that he can move freely to discharge his duties and responsibilities as a public representative.

“The necessary case may be registered against the Mafia group who conspired to kill me and I may be given proper protection to ensure my safety and security so that I can move freely to discharge the responsibilities of a people's representative”, the letter reads. Sinha added that he will also seek the opinion of Kailashahar people and will inform them about his live threat.