Last Updated on September 4, 2019 12:35 am by INDIAN AWAAZ

Agencies/ Ayodhya

One of the main litigants in the Babri Masjid dispute, Iqbal Ansari on Tuesday claimed that he was physically assaulted at his house here by two people who, he aslo claimed, threatened to kill him if he did not withdraw the case.

His security personnel intervened and saved him from the attackers who were detained by police.Ansari said that a man and a woman reached his residence. “The woman introduced herself as Vartika Singh and claimed that she was an international shooter. They asked me to withdraw my claim from the dispute, threatening that she would otherwise shoot me,” he said.“They then attacked me but I was saved by my security personnel,” Ansari said, adding that he did not sustain any injuries in the attack. Faizabad SP(City) Vijay Pal Singh said, “We have detained them.”