Amid the Salman Khan-Lawrence Bishnoi death threat row, the man who threatened arrested
Summary: The vegetable seller who threatened and demanded ₹50 crore from Salman Khan is arrested.
A vegetable vendor from Jamshedpur has been taken into custody by Mumbai Police after reportedly threatening Bollywood star Salman Khan and requesting a Rs 5 crore ransom in the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
Following Baba Siddiqui’s death, Mumbai Police received a fresh threat via message. The message read, “Don't take it lightly; if Salman Khan wants to stay alive and wants to end the enmity with Lawrence Bishnoi, then he will have to pay Rs 5 crore. If the money is not given, Salman Khan's condition will be worse than Baba Siddique's. Investigation has been started in this matter: Mumbai Police.”
They also received a second message saying the first message was sent by mistake. A police officer said, “After we received the second message, we informed the Worli police as they have registered a case and are probing the matter.”
Amid this Salman Khan-Lawrence Bishnoi death row, Bishnoi’s brother said that Salman had previously offered money to the community, amid Salim Khan’s claim that the community doing it for money. While in conversation with NDTV, his brother Ramesh revealed some details.
According to him, Salman Khan offered money to the Bishnoi community, but they did not accept it. He said, “His father, Salim Khan, said that the Lawrence gang is doing this for money. I want to remind him his son brought a chequebook in front of the community, saying to fill in the figures and take it. If we were hungry for money, we would have taken it at that time.”
He also said, “Every Bishnoi's blood was boiling When Salman Khan killed the black buck, every Bishnoi's blood was boiling. We left it to the court to decide. But if the community was made fun of, then it is natural for society to get angry.”
“Today, the entire Bishnoi community stands with Lawrence in this matter,” he further added.