NSUI candidates (from L), Ronak Khatri for president, Yash Nandlal, vice president, Namrata Jeph secretary, Lokesh Choudhary Joint secretary and other NSUI members during releasing a Manifesto for the DUSU 2024-2025 elections at NSUI Headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday (November 6, 2025) ordered the city police to expedite the request for protection from former Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) president Ronak Khatri, who has claimed to have received threats to his life.
Mr. Khatri, in his plea, has said he has received threat messages from a Ukraine-registered phone number and the sender of the messages, who claimed to be an infamous gangster, has demanded ₹5 crore from him and threatened to kill him if the amount is not paid.
Justice Ravinder Dudeja said it is the duty of the State to protect the life of all its citizens. “Since the petitioner [Mr. Khatri] perceives a threat to his life, the DCP, Outer North, as well as the DCP, Special Cell, is directed to expedite the request made by the petitioner for police protection,” the court said.
The court said the beat constable and the station house officer concerned should be counselled to respond immediately to any call made by Mr. Khatri.
During the hearing, Delhi Police’s standing counsel stated that Mr. Khatri’s application for security has been forwarded to the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of the Special Cell, who would have to assess the threat perception and take a call.
Mr. Khatri, who was the president of the DUSU last year, has claimed that the threat messages were sent by a person associated with the Rohit Godara gang, which is allegedly involved in multiple criminal cases.
According to his plea, despite the serious threat to his life, only limited protection was provided to him on September 29, and did not include continuous deployment of police at his residence.
The protection was withdrawn the next day and the petitioner was informed that a threat assessment would be conducted by police.
From then, he has repeatedly approached the Delhi Police, seeking reinstatement of the protection for himself and his family. However, despite several representations, no response has been received, the plea said.
Published – November 07, 2025 12:38 am IST
