Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood megastar and one of India's most influential cultural icons, has once again been targeted with a death threat. The death threat led to the swift arrest of a man identified as Faizan Khan in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on charges of issuing the threat.
One man was arrested from Taltala for allegedly disclosing the name and photo of the deceased doctor of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and issuing death threats against chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
The police are verifying if there was anyone else behind the call.
The Mumbai police has registered a case against an unknown person under sections 387 and 506 (2) of IPC and started the investigation.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari received a death threat via phone call at his Delhi residence on Monday evening.
The threat was received via message on 'Dial 112', in which the person stated, "I will kill CM Yogi soon".
The arrested person has been identified as Xavier Anjanikal, who lives at Kaloor in Kochi.
The father of late Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moosewala, Balkaur Singh, on Sunday alleged that he was threatened once again through an email saying that he would be killed soon.
Sandeep Singh is accused of giving death threats to an actress and Dalit woman Congress leader.
The threat came a month after his residence of the NCP supremo, Silver Oak, was attacked by striking Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) workers.
