On Thursday in Mumbai, a court put Faizan Khan, a lawyer from Chhattisgarh in police custody until November 18 for making death threats against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. Khan was arrested in Raipur on Tuesday. Then brought to Mumbai after police got permission from a court.
The situation started on November 5 when the Bandra police station got a call from someone threatening Shah Rukhh Khan and asking for ₹50 lakh ransom money. The threat was towards the actor’s home in Bandra, which led to the police filing a case against the caller under sections 308 and 351 of the Indian Penal Code. Police inquiries quickly revealed Faizan Khan as the caller. He located him in Raipur, where he was arrested.
During the court session on Thursday in Mumbai, the police authorities requested a week’s detention to delve into the investigation. Representatives for Faizan Khan. Amit Mishra and Sunil Mishra. Contended that Khan’s mobile phone had been taken without his consent before the alleged call, insisting it was a plot against him. They highlighted how Khan had lodged a complaint against Shah Rukh Khan with the Mumbai police regarding a scene in the actor’s film ‘Anjaam’ involving deer hunting. The defence believes that the previous complaint could have been used to set up Faizan Khan by placing a call from his phone.
Faizan Khan, the Lawyer, earlier said that his phone had been stolen by the time the call was made and objected to the allegations put against him. He further went on to objecting the deer hunt in Shah Rukh Khan’s movie, saying “If a Muslim says something about hunting deer, it’s condemnable. That’s why I raised an objection.”
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