Mumbai Police have reportedly traced the call to Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Teams of the Mumbai Police have since left for Chhattisgarh, and the investigation is ongoing. Earlier on November 5, Mumbai Police had received a threatening message against actor Salman Khan allegedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, police said. The threat message gave the actor two options: apologize or pay Rs 5 crore to stay alive.
Mumbai Police traffic control room received a threatening message in the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi over WhatsApp, with the message saying that if Salman Khan wanted to stay alive. “He should go to our temple and apologize or give Rs 5 crore. If he does not do so, we will kill him; our gang is still active,” the message, claiming to be in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother, said.
The police said that the message came on Monday and that they have begun an investigation. This is the second death threat Salman Khan has received in a week. In the earlier death threat also received by Mumbai Police Traffic Control, a ransom of Rs 2 crore was demanded from the actor.
Earlier on October 24, Mumbai Police arrested a man from Jamshedpur who had threatened Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore. According to the Mumbai Police, they registered a case against an unknown person and started an investigation after Mumbai Traffic Police received a threatening message.
(ANI)
