Mumbai Police Nab Bandra Man for Sending Death Threat to Salman Khan, Demanding ₹2 Crore

New Delhi: Mumbai police have arrested a man from Bandra for allegedly threatening actor Salman Khan and demanding ₹2 crore. The arrest follows an anonymous message received by the Mumbai traffic police, which warned that the sender would kill the 58-year-old actor if he did not comply with the demand, according to an official statement. The Worli police registered a case against the unidentified person and launched an investigation. On Wednesday, police arrested a man, identified as Azam Mohammed Mustafa, a resident of Bandra (East), for allegedly issuing the latest death threat to Khan and demanding Rs 2 crore from him, he added.The superstar resides at Galaxy Apartments in Bandra (West), a posh locality of Mumbai, where two motorbike-borne assailants had opened fire in April.Earlier this month, the Mumbai traffic police's WhatsApp helpline desk had received a threat message demanding Rs 5 crore from the actor. The police had then arrested a man from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand in connection with the threat message.The Mumbai police on Monday arrested a man from Noida in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly issuing a death threat to Khan and NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique, whose father Baba Siddique, was shot dead by three gunmen on October 12 in Bandra (East).Notably, Khan had earlier received death threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Suspected members of the dreaded 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 after which his security was stepped up. (With PTI Inputs)

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Mumbai Police Nab Bandra Man for Sending Death Threat to Salman Khan, Demanding ₹2 Crore

An anonymous message received by the Mumbai traffic police had warned that the sender would kill Salman if he did not comply with the demand

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