Salman Khan, who has been receiving death threats and is on criminals’ hit list, has now opened out about the situation and how he is handling it.
The Mumbai Police have given the ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ star Y+ category security due to the death threat.
Salman Khan responds to death threats at India TV’s show ‘Aap ki Adalat‘ by saying, “Security is better than insecurity. Yes, security is there. Now it is not possible to ride a bicycle on the road and go alone anywhere. And more than that, now I have this problem that when I am in traffic, then there is so much security, vehicles creating inconvenience to other people. They also give me a look. And my poor fans. There is a serious threat that’s why there is security.”
He added, “I am doing whatever I have been told. There is a dialogue ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ ‘they have to be lucky 100 times, I have to be lucky once’. So, I got to be very careful.”
Salman continued, “I am going everywhere with full security. I know whatever is going to happen will happen no matter what you do. I believe that (points towards god) that he is there. It is not that I will start roaming freely, it is not like that. Now there are so many Sheras around me, so many guns are going around with me that I am myself scared these days.”
Following the death threat, the Mumbai Police recently detained a minor for allegedly threatening to kill Salman over the phone.
On April 10, a threat was made over the phone to the Mumbai Police control room, according to the Mumbai Police. The caller introduced himself as Rockey Bhai from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and claimed to be a cow vigilante or Gau Rakshak. On April 30, the caller threatened to “eliminate” Salman Khan.
Mumbai Police added revealed the caller was found to be a minor. “As of now, we don’t think the call should be taken seriously. But we are probing why the minor behaved in such a way,” an officer said.
On March 26, one person identified as Dhakad Ram, a resident of Luni in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, was arrested for sending threatening mail to Salman. He was apprehended and taken into custody.
A case was registered at Bandra police station. The accused, in his mail, alleged that the superstar will meet the same fate as “Sidhu Moosewala.”
“A case has been registered at Bandra police station with regard to emailed threats to kill Salman Khan. In a joint operation, Mumbai Police and Luni police teams caught the accused, Dhakad Ram, a resident of Luni in Jodhpur district,” Ishwar Chand Pareek, an officer at Luni police station of Jodhpur told ANI earlier.
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After evaluating threat perceptions, the Mumbai police have given Khan Y+ category security. Following the actor’s receipt of a threat letter from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, the Maharashtra government assigned security escorts to the superstar.
