Tuesday, March 22 2005 21:03 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: The Centre has asked Delhi and Mumbai police to provide security to Reliance Industries managing director and vice chairman Anil Ambani after he reported receiving threat calls.

Anil, a Rajya Sabha member, had written to the Centre about two months ago that he had been receiving threatening calls and requested for necessary action, sources said.

Indicating that the issue had been looked into by intelligence agencies, the sources said the Centre asked the police authorities both in Delhi and Mumbai to provide Anil with necessary security.

It was, however, not clear as to who was behind the threat calls, they said.

Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal was quoted by a television channel as saying that the Centre was asking the Mumbai police to provide "Y" class security to Anil Ambani.