Retired Bombay HC judge faces threats over 2024 Dawoodi Bohra succession verdict
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Retired Bombay High Court judge Gautam Shirish Patel and his family have been facing a sustained campaign of threats and violence in India and the United Kingdom since August over his 2024 judgement in the Dawoodi Bohra succession dispute, the Hindustan Times reported.
The most recent incident was reported on Friday, when his daughter Aditi Patel received an anonymous letter threatening the “cremation of you and your family” for failing to comply with directions contained in earlier threats.
The letter claimed that a “gang” had been paid to kill the family and stated that the attack could be called off “by doing what you were told in the last letter”.
The letter was sent from a fake London address and bore a German stamp, the Hindustan Times reported.
A memory card attached to the letter was seized by Hertfordshire Police. The family decided not to open it on their computer, fearing that it could contain malware or be used to take control of their electronic device.
The threats are linked to Gautam Patel’s April 22, 2024, judgement in the Dawoodi Bohra succession case.
Since August 2025, he and his family members in Mumbai and London have allegedly received repeated threats demanding that he “recant”, or disavow, the judgement through a YouTube video.
Previous threats and attacks
The intimidation campaign reportedly began in...