The opposition chief whip said the caller, perhaps a young man, phoned to his parliament office intercom no. 2375 at about 2:10pm.

Shaheed told the news agency that he could not understand the motive behind this threat

He said his family members had also received abusive phone calls 4-5 months back. Barely a year ago, his house in Srimangal came under attack twice. He wrote letters to then home minister Altaf Hossain and the speaker, but no action was taken.