Weeks after Salman Khan, Amir Khan and Akshay Kumar were warned of assassination and shots were fired at Tiger Shroff, actor Tushar Kapoor has reportedly received an extortion threat from an unidentified person claiming to be associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
The caller allegedly demanded Rs 5 crore from the actor while identifying himself as Harry Boxer, a purported member of the gang.
Following the threat, Kapoor approached the Mumbai Police and informed them about the threatening communication. The matter was subsequently handed over to the Anti-Extortion Cell and the Mumbai Crime Branch for investigation.
According to police sources, the Crime Branch’s technical team examined the audio recording of the alleged threat and compared the caller’s voice with official audio samples of Harry Boxer available in its database.
Reports turn out, a mismatched voice. Police suspect the caller is taking advantage of the situation that prevailed following the attack on Tiger Shroff.
A probe into the incident has been launched and search for thr unidentified person who intimidated the actor is underway.
A member of the Bishnoi gang, Boxer in the past issued threats to director Rohit Shetty, actor Ranver Singh and several others as mentioned in the FIRs.