Man held for threat mail to Salman Khan had also threatened Moosewala's father

A 21-year-old man arrested in connection with a threat mail to actor Salman Khan had also allegedly threatened late singer Sidhu Moosewala's father, a police official said on Monday.

Dhakadram Ramlal Siyag was held from Jodhpur in Rajasthan by a Bandra police team after a probe into the threat mail showed it was sent from his mobile phone, the official said. Siyag was held on Sunday with the help of Luni police station in the western state and brought to the metropolis, where a court remanded him in police custody for seven days, the official said.

"Our probe has found he also sent a threat mail to the father of late singer Sidhu Moosewala. A case has been registered in this connection in Mansa police station in Punjab. Siyag also has an Arms Act case against his name in Sardarpura police station," the official informed.

"We will probe if he has any role in previous threats received by Khan, including a case registered in 2022 against gangsters Goldy Brar, Lawrence Bishnoi and others," he said. Bishnoi and Brar are alleged masterminds in the killing of Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, in Punjab's Mansa district in May last year.

The man was nabbed by the Mumbai Police in Rajasthan in connection with a threatening e-mail to Bollywood actor Salman Khan.

The sender of the e-mail, written in Hindi, said: "Goldy Bhai (Goldy Brar) wanted to talk with Salman Khan face to face". Apart from Bishnoi and Brar, the First Information Report, which was registered on Saturday, names one Rohit, an official told news agency PTI.

The FIR was registered under sections 120-B (Punishment for criminal conspiracy), 506-II (Punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) under the Indian Penal Code.

A Mumbai court on Monday sent the accused in the case of threat mail to police custody till April 3.