Salman Rushdie pulls out of Jaipur literary festival over assassination fears
Salman Rushdie says intelligence sources warned him that 'paid assassins from the Mumbai underworld' might try to kill him
Salman Rushdie has pulled out of Asia's biggest literary festival after being warned he is being targeted by killers sent by an underworld "don" based in the Indian commercial capital of Mumbai.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 20 January, 2012
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