Madan Thakur, Secretary of Nepal Journalist Federation Rautahat and Sarlahi-Rautahat Correspondent of Nagarik News has received death threats from a man named Gaurav Sah. Thakur who was abroad for personal work was unable to receive the phone calls from Sah and in spite of this event, Sah threatened Thakuri by calling and messaging in his home and using vulgar language. Sah issued death threats against Thakuri according to his family. Federation of Nepal Journalist Rautahat condemned the incident issuing a press release and demanded investigation into the incident. Police investigation revealed that Gaurav was based in India for education. Gaurav confessed to the incident and apologized over phone when police Area Police Office Garuda called his father for investigation.