MUMBAI: Mumbai police on Thursday obtained an nameless ransom message purportedly from an affiliate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang demanding Rs 5 crore “to finish the feud” with actor Salman Khan.
The message mentioned that if the actor didn’t conform to pay up, he would face the identical destiny as that of slain former minister Baba Siddique.
The risk was made by way of the WhatsApp helpline run by the visitors division.A police officer mentioned the message was despatched from a quantity issued in a north Indian state. As of Friday night time, police have been nonetheless verifying the authenticity of the message. “We’ve registered an offence at Worli police station and are probing it,” mentioned the official.
The Bishnoi gang had threatened Khan a number of occasions up to now and is suspected of firing at his home at Bandra on April 14. In March final yr, Khan’s private assistant obtained a warning mail on behalf of Bishnoi’s aide Goldy Brar, which highlighted the gangster’s interview that was aired from jail and mentioned his life’s objective was to kill the actor. Bandra police had registered an FIR in opposition to Bishnoi, Brar, and the sender of the mail, Rohit Garg.
In June 2022, Khan’s father, Salim, got here throughout a risk letter that was saved on a bench at Bandra Bandstand.
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