Uttar Pradesh Member of Legislative Council (MLC) and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ashu Malik has written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asking for Y category security.
"Y category" entails security cover by 11 personnel, including one or two Commando and a Police personnel.
In the letter, Malik said that he has sought protection apprehending a threat to his life.
He also requested to provide gunner for his brother, a former Panchayat president.
The SP leader had earlier too wrote to the District Magistrate and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) asking for security.