After Salman Khan, death threat issued to Shah Rukh Khan with ransom of Rs 50 lakhs; call traced to Chhattisgarh
PTC News Desk: After Salman Khan, now Shah Rukh Khan has received death threats. A threatening call on landline was received by Bandra Police warning of plans to kill Shah Rukh Khan. Following the call, police have registered a case against unknown person and have launched manhunt while initiating the investigation into the matter in collaboration with the Cyber Police Station. The caller has been traced to Chhattisgarh.
The case has been registered under Sections 308 (4) and 351 (3)(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The recen threat comes days after a slew of similiar threats issued to fellow actor Salman Khan. 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.
Earlier on October 24, a man from Jamshedpur was arrested who had issues a threat to Bollywood actor disguised as Lawrence Bishnoi and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore.
- With inputs from agencies
