A first information report (FIR) was filed the same day at the Bandra Police Station. The threat call, received by constable Santosh Ghodke, reportedly included the message:
Mumbai: On Tuesday (12th Nov), the Mumbai Police arrested a lawyer from Chhattisgarh, Faizan Khan, who is alleged to have issued a death threat to actor Shah Rukh Khan in a phone call to Bandra Police Station.
The call, reportedly made on November 5, also included a demand for Rs 50 lakh as ransom.
A first information report (FIR) was filed the same day at the Bandra Police Station. The threat call, received by constable Santosh Ghodke, reportedly included the message:
“Shah Rukh Khan, the one at Mannat, Bandstand, if he doesn’t give me 50 lakh rupees, I will kill him.”
When asked for his identity, the caller responded:
“It doesn’t matter, if you want, you can write my name as Hindustani.”
Following this, Mumbai police traveled to Raipur on November 7 for further investigation and summoned Faizan Khan. Khan claimed his phone had been stolen on November 2, suggesting an unknown individual made the call. However, he was arrested in Raipur’s Pandri area for not appearing before the Mumbai Police.
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This case is reportedly linked to a recent series of threats allegedly issued by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Earlier, the Mumbai sessions court ruled that the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) applies to the case involving the firing at actor Salman Khan’s residence in Bandra in April this year.
The court stated that membership in a crime syndicate and involvement in organized criminal activities provide sufficient grounds for invoking the Act, even without prior individual charges. The court also denied bail to one of the shooters, Vicky Gupta, citing evidence of his involvement.
According to the first information report, on April 14, Gupta and another assailant on a motorcycle fired shots at the actor’s first-floor balcony. Gupta was arrested two days later, on April 16. The prosecution claimed that the shooting was part of a larger conspiracy by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his associates.
The accused face multiple charges under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including attempted murder and criminal conspiracy, as well as violations of the Arms Act and MCOCA.
