MUMBAI: Mumbai police on Thursday received an anonymous
ransom message
purportedly from an associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang demanding Rs
5 crore
“to end the feud” with actor Salman Khan.
The message said that if the actor did not agree to pay up, he would face the same fate as that of slain former minister
Baba Siddique
.
The threat was made via the WhatsApp helpline run by the traffic department.
A police officer said the message was sent from a number issued in a north Indian state. As of Friday night, police were still verifying the authenticity of the message. “We have registered an offence at Worli police station and are probing it,” said the official.
The Bishnoi gang had threatened Khan multiple times in the past and is suspected of firing at his house at Bandra on April 14. In March last year, Khan’s personal assistant received a warning mail on behalf of Bishnoi’s aide Goldy Brar, which highlighted the gangster’s interview that was aired from jail and said his life’s goal was to kill the actor. Bandra police had registered an FIR against Bishnoi, Brar, and the sender of the mail, Rohit Garg.
In June 2022, Khan’s father, Salim, came across a threat letter that was kept on a bench at Bandra Bandstand.
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