Breaking: Salman Khan receives fresh threat; Worli police launch investigation

In a fresh security scare for Bollywood actor Salman Khan the Mumbai policeregistered an FIR after he received a new threat a police official confirmed on MondayThe message sent to the Mumbai traffic police helpline has raised serious concerns about the actorrsquos safetyAccording to police the threat was read on Sunday by an officer monitoring the helplineThe message was particularly alarming stating that they would kill Salman Khan in his own homeThe Mumbai police registered an FIR after the Worli Control Room received the threatening message on WhatsAppThe sender stated ldquoSalman Khan ko ghar mein ghus ke marengerdquo We will enter Salman Khanrsquos house and kill himSenior officials were immediately apprised of the threat on Sunday following which an FIR was registered and an investigation is currently underwayldquoThis is a fresh threat against actor Salman Khan We have registered an FIR under Section 35123 criminal intimidation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Worli police station on Sunday and investigations are ongoingrdquo said a senior Mumbai police officerThe Mumbai traffic police helpline has received many threat messages targeting the 59yearold actor in the recent pastOver the last two years Khan and his family have received numerous death threats On April 14 2024 two motorcycleborne assailants fired five rounds outside his heavily guarded residence Galaxy Apartments in Bandra The shootersmdashidentified as Vicky Gupta 24 and Sagar Pal 21mdashinitially managed to flee to Gujarat However they were later apprehended and brought back to Mumbai for further questioningPreliminary investigations revealed that both the men were acting on the instructions of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and are believed to be among his close associatesIn November last year the Mumbai police received a threatening message against Khan allegedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang police said The threat message gave the actor two options apologise or pay Rs 5 crore to stay aliveThe threatening message reportedly came from a phone number registered under the name of one claiming to be Sohail Pasha who identified himself as the writer of the Main Sikandar Hoon songAccording to the police on November 7 2024 a series of threatening WhatsApp messages were sent to the Worli Traffic Control Room helpline from a number registered to Sohail Pasha identified as the writer of the song Main Sikandar Hoon The messages allegedly demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore from the actor with threats to kill the actor if the money was not paidDuring investigations the police traced the WhatsApp messages to a phone number registered under the name Banktesh Narayan who was traced in Karnataka and investigation revealed that Narayan did not have a smartphone and was using an old phone which lacked both internet connectivity and the WhatsApp applicationAs investigations continued authorities identified Sohail Pasha alias Sohail Paksha as the primary suspect He was believed to have sent the extortion messages to the Mumbai traffic helpline under Narayans phone number and was handed over to Worli police for further investigationatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params