India, May 9 -- A court here on Friday sought a response from Tihar jail authorities on an application moved by two men accused of assaulting Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta last year, after they claimed they were beaten and issued death threats by fellow inmates.

Additional Sessions Judge Nishant Garg issued the notice while hearing a plea moved by the accused, Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakariya and Tehsin Raza Sheikh.

The application was moved by Advocate Siddhant Malik on behalf of both the accused, who claimed that his clients' families were also getting threats.

"The said inmates have openly threatened the applicants/accused that they shall be killed inside the jail, they shall continue to be beaten till they 'learn a lesson', and th...