The risk was despatched to Mumbai Traffic Police’s management room
Mumbai:
Making the second such arrest in fast succession, the Mumbai Police have arrested a person for threatening to kill actor Salman Khan.
The Mumbai Traffic Police’s management room had obtained an nameless message threatening to kill the actor if Rs 2 crore was not given as ransom. A case was registered by the Mumbai Police and, officers mentioned, Azam Mohammad Mustafa – a resident of Bandra East – was arrested on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, Gufran Khan, a 20-year-old tattoo artist from Noida, had been arrested for threatening Salman Khan and Bandra East MLA Zeeshan Siddique.
Mr Siddique is the son of former Maharashtra minister and NCP chief Baba Siddique, who was shot useless in Bandra on October 12. Baba Siddique was recognized to be near Salman Khan and had performed a task in ending the actor’s five-year-long chilly conflict with Shah Rukh Khan in 2013.
The tattoo artist, who had been arrested by the Mumbai Police, mentioned he had deliberate to ship one other threatening message to demand cash however was apprehended earlier than he might achieve this.
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang had claimed duty for the firing outdoors Salman Khan’s residence in Bandra in April and, in a Facebook submit, additionally mentioned it was answerable for Baba Siddique’s homicide.
The submit from the deal with of 1 Shubuu Lonkar, believed to be Bishnoi gang affiliate Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar, claimed that Siddique had been killed as a result of he was linked to India’s most needed terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, was near Salman Khan and due to the dying of Anuj Thapan, one of many arrested suspects within the taking pictures outdoors Mr Khan’s home, in police custody.
“We do not need any enmity with anybody however whoever helps Salman Khan and the Dawood gang, hold your accounts so as (‘hisaab-kitaab kar lena’),” Lonkar wrote in Hindi within the Facebook submit.
Why Salman Khan?
The Bishnoi gang, which grew to become a family identify after claiming duty for murdering musician Sidhu Moose Wala in 2022, has mentioned it desires to kill Salman Khan due to his alleged involvement in taking pictures blackbucks at Bawad in Mathania close to Jodhpur in September 1998, through the filming of ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’.
The alleged act had upset the Bishnoi neighborhood, which considers the blackbuck sacred.
Lawrence Bishnoi had mentioned throughout a court docket look in 2018: “We will kill Salman Khan in Jodhpur. Everyone will know as soon as we take motion. I’ve not executed something as of now, they’re accusing me of crimes for no motive.”