The Mumbai Traffic Police on Friday received a threatening message via WhatsApp, demanding Rs 5 crore from actor Salman Khan.
The threatening text warned, "Don’t take this lightly. If Salman Khan wants to stay alive and end his enmity with Lawrence Bishnoi, he must pay Rs 5 crore. If not, his fate will be worse than Baba Siddique’s."
The reference to Bishnoi is significant, given the gangster’s past threats toward the Bollywood star, making the message a serious concern.
Earlier, the Navi Mumbai police arrested a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in connection with an alleged plot to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
The accused, Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, was apprehended from Panipat in Haryana by a team of Panvel Town police (in Navi Mumbai) on Wednesday, he said.
He had allegedly given a contract to Bishnoi gang members to kill Khan, the official said.
Sukhbir Singh was in touch with his alleged handler Dogar, who is based in Pakistan, he said.
Singh along with the Bishnoi gang members had planned to use weapons from Pakistan, such as AK-47s, M16s and AK92s, to execute the alleged plot to kill Salman Khan, the official said.
He will be produced before a court after being brought to Navi Mumbai, the police said.
On April 24 this year, the Navi Mumbai police registered a case against 18 identified accused and others of the Bishnoi gang for hatching a conspiracy to kill Salman Khan, he said.
The development followed a firing outside the actor's Bandra residence in Mumbai by Bishnoi gang members.
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, his brother Anmol, Sampat Nehra, Goldie Brar and Rohit Godhara were among the persons named as accused in the FIR, the official said.
With inputs from PTI
The threatening text warned, "Don’t take this lightly. If Salman Khan wants to stay alive and end his enmity with Lawrence Bishnoi, he must pay Rs 5 crore. If not, his fate will be worse than Baba Siddique’s."
The reference to Bishnoi is significant, given the gangster’s past threats toward the Bollywood star, making the message a serious concern.
Earlier, the Navi Mumbai police arrested a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in connection with an alleged plot to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
The accused, Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, was apprehended from Panipat in Haryana by a team of Panvel Town police (in Navi Mumbai) on Wednesday, he said.
He had allegedly given a contract to Bishnoi gang members to kill Khan, the official said.
Sukhbir Singh was in touch with his alleged handler Dogar, who is based in Pakistan, he said.
Singh along with the Bishnoi gang members had planned to use weapons from Pakistan, such as AK-47s, M16s and AK92s, to execute the alleged plot to kill Salman Khan, the official said.
He will be produced before a court after being brought to Navi Mumbai, the police said.
On April 24 this year, the Navi Mumbai police registered a case against 18 identified accused and others of the Bishnoi gang for hatching a conspiracy to kill Salman Khan, he said.
The development followed a firing outside the actor's Bandra residence in Mumbai by Bishnoi gang members.
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, his brother Anmol, Sampat Nehra, Goldie Brar and Rohit Godhara were among the persons named as accused in the FIR, the official said.
With inputs from PTI
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