Bijnor (UP), Aug 15 (PTI) A family has been provided security after they received a death threat for distributing tricolours in their locality here, police said on Monday.

An unknown person pasted a threat letter outside the residence of Shashi and her husband Arun for distributing flags, Additional Superintendent of Police, Praveen Ranjan Singh said.

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The incident happened in Baddupada locality in the Kiratpur area.

An FIR has been lodged under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the matter is being probed, he said.

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