20-Year-Old Youth Arrested For Sending Death Threat To Salman Khan

A 20-year-old youth has been arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly making a threatening miss call to Bollywood actor Salman khan and Zeeshan Siddiqui, MLA and son of NCP (Ajit Pawar) leader Baba Siddique.

He was taken to custody in Uttar Pradesh and the Nirmal Nagar Police is now questioning him. The accused is identified as Mohammed Tayyab.

Police sources told NDTV that Zeeshan Siddique's office in Bandra received threatening messages on Friday evening, demanding a ransom and threatening to kill both Salman Khan and the MLA if the money was not paid. A staff member from Siddique's office filed a complaint, and an FIR was registered.

Investigations led police to identify Mohammed Tayyab as the person behind the threats, resulting in his arrest.

Earlier, Mumbai Police had detained Shaikh Hussain Shaikh Mausin, a 24-year-old vegetable vendor from Jamshedpur, for sending a similar threat message to Mumbai traffic police's WhatsApp helpline, demanding ₹5 crore.

Salman Khan has previously received threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, whose suspected members reportedly fired outside the actor's Bandra residence in April. Security around Khan has since been intensified.

The Navi Mumbai Police had uncovered a plot by the Bishnoi gang to kill the Hindi actor.