New threat to Salman Khan over song naming Lawrence Bishnoi in upcoming film Sikander

Bollywood actor Salman Khan has received a fresh threat from a person claiming to be from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang over a song that has reference to the jailed gangster. In the threat message, received on Mumbai Police's WhatsApp number on Thursday night, the person sought a ransom of Rs 5 crore from the actor.

"Lawrence Bishnoi gang. If Salman Khan pays Rs 5 crore, we will let him go," the threat message read.

The person also issued a death threat to the lyricist of 'Main Sikandar Hoon', a song from Salman Khan's upcoming film



Sikander. "Whoever has written this song, we will not let him go... The person who has written this song, we will end his life in the next one month...," the threat message, written in Hindi, said.

Upon receiving the message, the Mumbai Police launched a probe and traced the mobile number to Karnataka. According to the police, the mobile number was issued to a person named Vikram Dasar.

A police team was sent to Karnataka and alerted about the possible location and the details of the number from which the threat message was sent.