BANGALORE, June 23: Security around the office and residence, both official and private, of Karnataka Chief Minister J H Patel, has been tightened following an annonymous phone call threatening that the buildings would be blown up if those accused in the murder of film producer Chidambara Shetty were not released. Six persons have been chargesheeted in the case, and various appeals for bail have been rejected by court.

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