Hyderabad, April 30 -- Actor Siddharth 'politely' gave up the police protection which was offered to him in the wake of the threat calls that he received. He said that he will give up this privilege so that the police officers' time can be used for something else during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Thursday, Siddharth claimed that the Tamil Nadu IT cell of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaked his phone number online, post which he received death and rape threats.

Following this, he received protection from the Tamil Nadu Police.

Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Thank you @tnpoliceoffl for the protection. I am the first person in my entire family's history to be given the same. However, I would politely like to give up this privilege so the sa...