Kolkata, Nov 13 (PTI): Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday claimed that he received a call from a person in Pakistan who threatened to “blow him up.”

Adhikari said he received the threat call on Tuesday, the same day he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. He added that the details have been conveyed to the Union Home Ministry.

“Recently, I got a call from Pakistan threatening me,” Adhikari told reporters in Kolkata.

An audio clip has since gone viral in which a man is heard speaking in broken Hindi: “Main Pakistan se bol raha hoon… sambhal ke rehna, warna uda diye jaoge… Bharat mein kitne ud gaye! (I am calling from Pakistan... Be careful, otherwise you would be blown up... Many have been blown up in India).”

PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the audio clip. However, reports suggest that the caller’s mobile number displayed the country code +966, which belongs to Saudi Arabia.

According to language experts, the caller’s accent does not match Pakistani Urdu-Hindi. The halting tone and phrasing, they said, resemble the Hindi spoken by sections of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Gulf countries.

“This state has become the safest refuge for terrorists,” Adhikari alleged. “There are no blasts here because extremist forces believe this is their safest shelter under Mamata Banerjee. And we are the ones getting threat calls,” he added.

Claiming that such messages from Bangladesh are “a routine affair,” Adhikari further said, “Two days ago, I got a threat call from Pakistan. From Bangladesh, I get those every day.”

The West Bengal government has not yet responded to Adhikari’s allegations.