Mumbai cops receive message seeking Rs 5 cr from Salman Khan

 

 

 

THE Mumbai traffic police received a threat message demanding Rs 5 crore from Bollywood actor Salman Khan, following which the Crime Branch began a probe, an official said on Friday. A case was registered at Worli police under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for threat and extortion after the city’s traffic control room received the message on its WhatsApp helpline on Thursday afternoon, he said. The case has been registered on the complaint of a traffic police personnel, the official added. “The sender also said the threat should not be taken lightly. The probe has been transferred to the Crime Branch,” he said.

 

The superstar had earlier received death threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Bishnoi gang members had also opened fire outside the actor’s Bandra home in April, he said. Bishnoi gang member held for plot to kill Salman Khan sent in police custody: A COURT at Panvel in Maharashtra on Friday remanded a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, arrested for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan, in four-day police custody. Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, the accused, was arrested from Panipat in Haryana by a Navi Mumbai police team two days ago. He would also be interrogated in connection with the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique, officials had said. On April 24 this year, Navi Mumbai Police registered a case against 18 identified and other unidentified members of the Bishnoi gang for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill Salman Khan at his farmhouse at Panvel near Mumbai. The development followed a firing outside the actor’s residence. Mumbai by Bishnoi gang members. Before Sukhbir, Navi Mumbai Police had arrested Bishnoi gang members Dhananjay alias Ajay Kashyap alias Nahvi, Gaurav Bhatia, Waspi Khan alias Wasim Chikna, Rizwan Khan alias Javed, and Deepak Hawa Singh alias John. 

 

 

A SPECIAL court denied bail to one of the shooters allegedly involved in firing outside actor Salman Khan’s Bandra house in April this year. Vicky Gupta’s bail plea was rejected by BD Shelke, special judge for cases under MCOCA. The detailed order was not made available as yet. Gupta was arrested along with others for the incident that took place outside the film superstar’s Galaxy Apartments on. He and co-accused Sagar Pal had opened fire while riding past on a motorcycle. Gupta, in his bail plea filed through lawyers Amit Mishra and Pankaj Ghildiyal, claimed he was influenced by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s persona as depicted in electronic, print and social media. Gupta claimed he was “magnetically attached to the principles followed by Lawrence Bishnoi” since the latter is an ardent follower of Bhagat Singh. Police said the crime was committed at the behest of Bishnoi through the jailed gangster’s syndicate. If bail is granted, then there is strong possibility Gupta will inform Bishnoi about the probe conducted during his custody and evidence that is yet to be obtained may be destroyed, police told court.

 

nderlining his role in the case, police said it was Gupta who had purchased the motorcycle used in the crime at the behest of Bishnoi siblings Lawrence and Anmol. Along with Gupta and Pal, the others currently in judicial custody in the case are Sonukumar Bishnoi, Mohd Rafiq Choudhary and Harpal Singh. One accused, Anujkumar Thapan, allegedly committed suicide in custody. Lawrence and Anmol Bishnoi have been shown as wanted accused in the chargesheet filed by Mumbai police.