Bollywood actor Salman Khan has received another threat, a police official said on Tuesday, adding the person who threatened the actor has demanded INR 5 crore (approximately USD 594,358) from him. The threat message was received on the Mumbai traffic police helpline and an officer read it around midnight, the official said. The person who sent the message claimed he is a brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the police official said.
“If Salman Khan wants to stay alive, he should go to our (Bishnoi community) temple and apologise or pay Rs 5 crore. If he does not do so, we will kill him; our gang is still active,” the message said.
Police are probing the origin of the threat message and have beefed up security measures for Salman Khan, sources said, adding police are also checking if the message is linked to Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in jail on various charges, including attempted murder and extortion.
Just a week ago, Khan, one of the biggest movie stars in the country, allegedly received a death threat with a demand of INR 2 crore (USD 237,854) following which the Mumbai police registered an FIR against an unidentified person.
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In October, the Mumbai traffic police’s WhatsApp helpline desk had received a threat message demanding INR 5 crore from the actor.
The police had arrested a man from Jamshedpur in this connection.
The Mumbai police on October 28 arrested a man from Noida in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly issuing a death threat to Salman Khan and politician Zeeshan Siddique.
Notably, Khan had earlier received death threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Suspected members of the gang had opened fire outside the actor’s Bandra home in April this year.
A few months back, the Navi Mumbai police uncovered a plot by the Bishnoi gang to kill Khan, leading to security enhancement for the actor.
(With inputs from PTI.)
