Mumbai After the firing incident on actor Tiger Shroff, there were reports of film celebrities receiving threats. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, actor Ayushmann Khurrana also received a threatening audio clip. Now the police has taken major action on this matter.
Police arrested the accused
Mumbai Crime Branch has detained a 30-year-old youth from Bengaluru in connection with extortion and threatening. The accused has been identified as Vaibhav Mishra, who is an IT engineer by profession. It is alleged that he had sent threatening audio messages to film stars in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi gang. According to the police, the accused had been threatening film stars living in Mumbai in different ways for the last few days. The police are now interrogating the accused and trying to find out how many people he targeted.
No connection to Lawrence Gang
In the threatening audio sent to Ayushmann Khurrana, the accused had described himself as a member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Besides, a demand of crores of rupees was also made. But after the arrest of the accused, the police has clarified that he has not been found to have any connection with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Tusshar Kapoor also received threat
A few days ago, Tusshar Kapoor had also received a similar threatening audio message. In that case the sender of the message had identified himself as Harry Boxer. In the initial investigation, the police had suspected the audio to be fake. Apart from this, it was also revealed that Amitabh Bachchan and Diljit Dosanjh had received bomb threats through e-mail. At present, Mumbai Police is trying to find out to whom the accused threatened and what was his motive behind it. Police are also investigating whether an organized gang is behind these incidents or whether someone is using different names.