Days after Bollywood actor Salman Khan received threat message last week, demanding Rs 5 crore to settle the long-standing feud with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the Mumbai police received an apology from the same sender stating that the message was "sent by mistake."
Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested another person in connection with the NCP leader Baba Siddiqui's murder case. So far, 10 people have been arrested in the case, said Mumbai Police said on Sunday.
According to the Mumbai police, constable Shyam Sonawane, deployed for Baba Siddiqui's security, "did not take any action" on his part against the accused who fired at Siddiqui at that time.
The Mumbai Crime Branch mentioned on Saturday that the arrested accused Ram Kanojia revealed during interrogation that he had initially demanded one crore rupees to kill Baba Siddiqui.
The sender claimed, "Don't take it lightly, if Salman Khan wants to stay alive and wants to end the enmity with Lawrence Bishnoi, then he will have to pay Rs 5 crore. If the money is not given, Salman Khan's condition will be worse than Baba Siddique."
Zeeshan Siddique, the son of NCP leader Baba Siddique who was murdered in Mumbai earlier this month, has demanded justice for his father and his family and appealed that his father's death should not be politicised and nor should it go in vain.
The Mumbai police on Thursday issued a look-out circular (LOC) against Shubham Lonkar, an absconding accused in the murder case of NCP leader Baba Siddique.
Mumbai Police on Tuesday revealed details about how the conspiracy to kill Baba Siddiqui and said that the plan to kill Baba Siddiqui had started 3 months ago, the accused had gone to Baba Siddiqui's house several times without weapons.
As per information from officials, one of the detained, identified as Harishkumar Balakram (23) worked at a scrap shop in Pune and had supplied money and other logistics. Accused Dharmraj and Shivprasad Gautam also used to work at the same scrap shop.