The shadow of organized crime lengthens over Bollywood with a fresh extortion bid against a Salman Khan associate, echoing recent perils faced by Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty. An email laced with menace, attributed to Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang, hit the associate’s account, insisting on crore-level payouts under threat of death.
Mumbai Police disclose the email’s existence but highlight no police report has been lodged as yet. Nonetheless, proactive steps are in motion: the elite Crime Branch is delving into cyber footprints and physical traces.
Key findings include Bishnoi gang phones pinging near the abodes of top stars, betraying a surveillance web spun by the outfit’s underlings. This intel fuels a broader probe into what appears a systematic shakedown operation.
Salman Khan’s fraught ties with the Bishnois—marked by past firings at his residence—are now spilling over to his trusted aides, broadening the terror net.
Post the Shetty residence gunfire, Bollywood is in lockdown mode, with beefed-up convoys and private security surges. Experts peg these episodes as textbook extortion plays, devoid of deeper vendettas.
As analysts scour servers and surveil suspects, the force pledges comprehensive protection. This saga underscores the precarious tightrope walked by film icons, where blockbuster success invites bullets and bytes of blackmail. The city watches warily as justice pursues the perpetrators.