Salman Khan gets death threat again, caller demands ₹2 crore: Reports

Bollywood actor Salman Khan has reportedly received yet another death threat. The unknown caller demanded ₹2 crore from the actor, reported NDTV on Wednesday.

In a message sent to the Mumbai Traffic Police, the accused said if the money is not paid, the Bollywood superstar will be killed, reported India Today.

After receiving a threat message, police in Mumbai’s Worli district registered a case against an unknown person and launched an investigation into the matter, the India Today reported.

The incident comes two days after the Mumbai pPolice arrested a 20-year-old man from Noida in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly issuing a death threat to Bollywood actor Salman Khan and NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique. The man was held on Monday.

“The accused initially sent a threatening message on MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s helpline number and later made a voice call on it, in which he issued a death threat to Siddique and actor Salman Khan.This took place on Friday,” an official of Nirmal Nagar police station in Mumbai said.

A case in this connection was registered on Monday and with the help of technical evidence, the accused was nabbed from Noida. He is being brought to Mumbai for investigation.

The call was made at the Zeeshan Siddique’s public relations office located in Bandra East.

Zeeshan’s father, Baba Siddique (66), a three-time MLA and former state minister, was shot dead outside his son’s office in Bandra on October 12. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which claimed responsibility for the NCP leader’s killing, citing the politician’s close ties with Salman as one of the reasons why he was killed.

Zeeshan recently mentioned in an interview that after the death of his father, who was also a close friend of actor Salman Khan, the Bollywood actor was extremely worried about his well-being.