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June 20, 2007 02:19 IST
Protesting against Britain's decision to knight Salman Rushdie, an Iranian group has announced an �80,000 bounty on his head, prompting UK authorities to review the security of the controversial India-born author.
The Scotland Yard is reviewing security around Rushdie, who turned 60 on Tuesday, and is all set to get round the clock police protection.
The bounty was offered by the Tehran-based hardliners 'Organisation To Commemorate Martyrs Of Muslim World,' which said it would pay the reward for anyone 'who was able to execute the apostate Salman Rushdie.'
Rushdie spent a decade under the threat of an Islamist death sentence after his book The Satanic Verses
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