India, Oct. 28 -- Days after Purnea MP Pappu Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has asked the government to upgrade his security to 'Z' category, citing a death threat from imprisoned gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's gang.

Pappu Yadav's request for police protection came days after he put out a post on X on October 13, in which he taunted the security establishment for its inability to curb activities of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang which is suspected to be involved in the assassination of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique. The six-time MP also boasted that he could finish off the gangster's network within 24 hours if he had a free hand.

In his letter to Union home minister Amit Shah on October 21, Pappu Yadav said he had faced a threat to...