Bengaluru: Karnataka Police has arrested the person who threatened Salman Khan from Haveri. On the information of Pune Police, Haveri Police has detained a person named Bikaram Bishnoi. He had allegedly made a threatening call to Salman Khan’s office. He has been handed over to Pune Police. He is a resident of Rajasthan and was living in Haveri for the last 3 months.
The accused was living with laborers
According to officials, Bikaram, originally from Rajasthan, worked at a construction site and was living in a room with other laborers in Goudar area of Haveri. After receiving information about Bikaram’s whereabouts, Mumbai Police informed Haveri Police, after which he was immediately caught.
Threatening message was sent to traffic control room
Haveri Superintendent of Police (SP) Anshu Kumar while talking to the media gave information about the incident. He told that Salman Khan was threatened in the form of a message sent to the traffic control room in Worli area of Mumbai. In the message, the person claiming to be a member of the Bishnoi community demanded that the actor either visit their temple and apologise for killing the blackbuck or pay a ransom of Rs 2 crore.
Described as brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
The threatening message further threatened that Salman Khan would be killed if he refused. The accused also described himself as the brother of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who has previously been linked to similar threats against the actor. Salman Khan, who has received threats earlier as well from individuals claiming to belong to the Bishnoi community, is yet to publicly comment on the latest developments.