UPFA Hambantota district Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has complained to the Tangalle Police last evening claiming that he had received death threats over the phone, the Police said.

Police Spokesman Ajith Rohana said, Mr. Rajapaksa in his complaint stated that he had received calls from one number on four occasions between 11 p.m. to 12 midnight on Tuesday.

The caller had threatened Mr.Rajapaksa to resign from politics or otherwise he would be killed, SSP Rohana said.

Police have launched investigations into the complaint, he added.(DS)