Every second day, another Bollywood star’s phone buzzes with the same nightmare of a voice note, a demand for crores and a name whispered like a curse: Lawrence Bishnoi. Tusshar Kapoor got a `5 crore audio from a fake ‘Harry Boxer’ recently.
And now, Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has joined that terrifying list.
Is this a real gang war against Bollywood? Or has Bishnoi’s name become a free franchise for every small-time extortionist in India? Because Mumbai Police have a suspicion in Tusshar’s case, the voice didn’t even match the real gangster. Ayushmann Khurrana has reportedly received an extortion threat via an audio message from an unidentified individual claiming links to the Bishnoi gang. According to Mumbai Police sources, the sender has demanded crores of rupees from the actor.
Voice match or hoax?
The Mumbai Police are investigating the matter and verifying the sender’s identity. Forensic officials are comparing the voice in the audio message with existing database records of individuals bearing the same name to determine if it is a match. Investigators have noted that the sender’s association with the gang is yet to be established.
familiar Pattern
This development comes amid a series of security scares targeting Hindi cinema personalities. Recently, actors like Tusshar Kapoor (who received a `5 crore extortion threat), Aamir Khan and Tiger Shroff (following a shooting incident outside his Juhu residence) have also been subjected to alleged threats linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate.
In Tusshar Kapoor’s case, a preliminary voice test revealed a mismatch, pointing towards an imposter exploiting the tense atmosphere!
And in Nagpur, just days ago, eight bullion traders got identical letters demanding `10 lakh each — again in Bishnoi’s name. Police suspect local criminals are just piggybacking on the fear.
Highlight: Meanwhile, 30-yr-old Bengaluru IT engineer, Vaibhav Mishra, has been arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch on Wednesday, for allegedly threatening the actors with extortion demands in the name of the Bishnoi gang. Preliminary investigations have found no evidence of his links to the gang.
Ramesh Bishnoi, uncle of Lawrence Bishnoi, has invited Salman Khan to visit the Bishnoi community’s Mukti Dham Mukam temple in Bikaner and apologise for the 1998 blackbuck killing case. He has also assured the actor of his safety. The uncle’s message to Salman is being seen as an attempt to bring closure to the long-standing rift between the Bishnoi community and Bollywood over the case That has been haunting the actor.
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