Days after a firing incident at filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s home in Mumbai, Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has received a threatening WhatsApp voice note demanding crores of rupees in ransom.ย
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Mumbai Police have beefed up security outside the 40-year-old actor’s home and are tracing the sender. Singh recently starred in the blockbuster film โDhurandharโ.
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On February 1, at least five rounds were fired at the first floor of Shetty’s nine-storey building in Juhu area at 12.45 am. One bullet struck the glass of a gym inside the building, police said.
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Five people have been arrested in connection with the incident, and police claimed the accused were following the instructions of Shubham Lonkar, an absconding member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
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Lonkar is also wanted in the cases related to the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique and a firing outside actor Salman Khan’s Bandra residence.
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Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang has also claimed responsibility in the past for multiple attacks on actor-comedian Kapil Sharma’s cafe in Canada, while also issuing threats to actor Salman Khan. In one instance, a threat note was left at Bandra Bandstand, where Khan’s father Salim Khan went for his daily walk.