The purported letter, typed in Bengali, threatened to raze the ‘Thakurbari’, a pilgrimage of the Matua community, in case Muslims were tortured following the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

In an effort to address purported misinformation surrounding the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019, which recently took effect, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur has announced his intention to apply for citizenship as a symbolic gesture.