Sahil Khan booked for issuing extortion, death threats to woman

The Mumbai Police on Wednesday have registered an FIR against Bollywood actor Sahil Khan and a woman for allegedly threatening to kill and uploading defamatory posts on social media against a 43-year-old woman.

According to the complainant, a resident of suburban Oshiwara, she had a quarrel with a woman at a gym over money in February 2023. The accused woman and the actor abused the complainant and threatened her, the official said.

The accused duo also uploaded defamatory posts on social media against the complainant and her family members, he said quoting the First Information Report (FIR) registered on Tuesday.

A case was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for defamation, threat, and a bid to insult the modesty of a woman at Oshiwara police station.

The actor has been booked under sections 500, 501, 509, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code at the Oshiwara police station in Mumbai. He has also been accused of extortion, according to reports.

The official said the accused woman had an affair with the husband of the complainant and had lodged a case against him at a police station.

Khan has acted in movies including Style, Xcuse Me, Aladin and Ramaa: The Saviour.

This is not the first time that Khan has landed in legal trouble. In September 2021, he was booked for harassing and instigating model and fitness trainer Manoj Patil to attempt to commit suicide.

(with PTI inputs)