India, April 22 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Baba Siddique's son Zeeshan Siddique on Monday claimed that he has received a death threat via email from "D company".

'D company' is a name coined for the underworld crime syndicate led by fugitive Indian gangster-terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.

Zeeshan Siddique told news agency ANI that the 'D company' in the email demanded a ransom of Rs.10 crore.

"I got a threat via mail from D company, as mentioned at the end of the mail, they demanded a ransom of Rs.10 crore. The police have taken the details and recorded the statement. Our family is disturbed because of this," Zeeshan Siddique said.

According to the police, the threat email said that he would be killed the "same way" as h...