Man who demanded Rs 5 crore extortion money from Salman Khan arrested
Police said the accused is being questioned and will be brought to Mumbai for further action
Mumbai Police have arrested a man suspected to have threatened Bollywood actor Salman Khan on behalf of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and asked an extortion money of Rs 5 crore.
The accused was arrested from Jamshedpur.
"He is being questioned by a team of Worli police. He will be brought to Mumbai for further action," an official told PTI.
A threat message demanding Rs 5 crore extortion from the actor was received on the Mumbai Traffic Police's WhatsApp helpline last week, prompting the police to register a case and launch an investigation.
Police tracked down the number to Jharkhand and teams were dispatched to nab the accused, the official said, adding that another team is in Guwahati.
Sender’s apology
Even as the police widened the dragnet to trace the sender of the message, the Mumbai traffic police received an "apology" from the same mobile phone number used earlier to send the threat message, officials said on Tuesday.
The apology message was received on the traffic police's WhatsApp helpline on Monday.
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Notably, Khan had earlier received death threats from the Bishnoi gang. Suspected members of the 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, leading to security enhancement for the actor.