On 4 December 2012, around 11am, Ms. Urvashi Sharma right to information (RTI) activist received a death threat from an caller who claimed to belong to the Samajwadi political party. The caller asked her to stop submitting RTI requests about the working of the Akhilesh Yadav Government and stated that, if she does not stop, she will pay with her life. Ms. Sharma also stated that the caller claims to be Haribhai Yadav, an office bearer of the Samajwadi Party. However, it does not appear that such a person exists.Ms. Sharma lodged a complaint with the Talkatora police, which registered a case against an unnamed person under section 507 of the Indian Penal Code. A reporter called the telephone number of the caller.. The person answering said initially that the call to Ms. Sharma was "made by mistake" and then sought the matter be dropped. The person then identified himself as an SP leader and said that there was no point taking the matter further and that he would talk to the Lucknow DIG to "settle the matter." Meanwhile, Ms. Sharma said that she believes the phone call was made on behalf of a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official, against whom she has recently sought a probe. Ms. Sharma RTI petitions addressed issues of governmental corruption, especially in the social welfare and women welfare departments.