The threat came at a time when Mr Khan had been receiving multiple warnings allegedly from Bishnoi and his associates, who have previously targeted him over alleged grievances stemming from a 1998 blackbuck poaching case.
New Delhi:
In a twist worthy of a Bollywood movie, police arrested the 24-year-old lyricist of a song in an upcoming Salman Khan film for issuing a death threat—allegedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang—against both the actor and himself. Police said the lyricist had contacted the Mumbai traffic control room, seeking publicity for the song, which mentions Bishnoi.
Sohail Pasha from Raichur in Karnataka on Tuesday, days after the city police’s WhatsApp helpline received a message on November 7 threatening to kill Mr. Khan and the lyricist of the song “Main Sikandar Hun” unless they paid ₹5 crore.
“The songwriter’s condition will be such that he will no longer be able to write songs. If Salman Khan has the courage, he should save them,” the threat message read.
The threat came at a time when Mr Khan had been receiving multiple warnings allegedly from Bishnoi and his associates, who have previously targeted him over alleged grievances stemming from a 1998 blackbuck poaching case.
According to the police, the crime branch tracked down the mobile number that issued the latest warnings to Raichur. An official said a team went to Karnataka and interrogated Vyankatesh Narayan, who owned the number. They found that his phone lacked internet access.
It then came to light that Narayan’s phone had received a one-time password (OTP) for installation WhatsApp. Narayan subsequently told police that on November 3, a stranger approached him in a market and asked if he could have his phone to make a call.
Further investigation revealed that the man had installed WhatsApp on his own phone by using Narayan’s mobile number to obtain an OTP, an official said The crime branch team then zeroed in on Pasha at Manavi village near Raichur.
