Threat letter to Salman Khan aimed to create atmosphere of fear by Bishnoi gang: Maharashtra govt

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Home Department on Tuesday said a threat letter to Bollywood star Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan, was meant to create an atmosphere of fear by the Bishnoi gang, who wanted to display their power.

The gang was preparing to extort money from big businessmen and actors, it added.

Salim Khan's security team found the letter outside their Mumbai home near the Bandra Bandstand promenade in early June. The veteran scriptwriter goes for his routine morning jog in the area.

The father and son received the death threats on June 5, following the killing of Punjabi rapper and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala in Mansa even as the entertainment industry was in a state of shock.

Interrogation of Moosewala murder accused Siddhesh Kamble alias Mahakal, who is a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had revealed last week that jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's aide Vikram Barad had dropped the letter for Salim Khan.

"Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi had issued the letter to Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan. Three people from his gang had come from Jalore, Rajasthan to Mumbai to drop the letter and had met accused Saurabh Mahakal," said Mumbai Police earlier. (UNI)