KATHMANDU: Unidentified callers have issued threats to Kantipur Publication Director Rameswor Thapa. The death threats came to him by sms from 97297711689737, ekantipur.come reported.

Meanwhile the company has defied the threats saying "we are no afraid of threats and will not back down from the mission of informing the people."

Similar threats have earlier come to Managing Director Kailash Sirohiya and editors of its two daily newspapers.