Mumbai police arrest lawyer for threat call to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan

The Mumbai police on Nov 12 arrested a lawyer from Raipur in Chhattisgarh for allegedly threatening to kill Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and demanding ₹ 50 lakh from the superstar last week.

A senior Raipur police officer was quoted as saying Faizan Khan (42) was arrested and he will be produced before a local court in the city by the Mumbai police to seek his transit remand.

Faizan was summoned by the Mumbai police in connection with the threat call to Khan last on Nov 5, but he failed to appear before them.
The Mumbai and Raipur police have not specified the accused’s motive behind making the threat call to kill Khan.

Earlier, the accused claimed that his phone was stolen and someone else made the call to the Mumbai police and gave threats to frame him.
According to police, on Nov 5, the Bandra police station in Mumbai received a threat call from a person who identified himself as ‘Hindustani’ and told the police that he was standing outside Mannat – actor Khan’s home in Bandra, and if he is not paid ₹ 50 lakhs he could kill the actor.

The Mumbai police later found that the call came from a mobile number registered in the name of Faizan Khan from Raipur. After the police located Faizan, he told them that his mobile phone was stolen on Nov 2 – the actor’s birthday.

The lawyer also filed a complaint with the local police saying his phone had been stolen.

The Mumbai police then served him a notice asking him to come to Mumbai and join the investigation. But he didn’t turn up, a police officer was quoted as saying.

Khan was booked in a criminal case earlier this year in connection with a petty offense. He had earlier complained to the Mumbai police against Shah Rukh Khan over a dialogue in his movie Anjaam (1994) referring to deer hunting.

The police registered a First Information Report (FIR) under sections 308 (4) and 351 (3) (4), related to extortion and criminal intimidation, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Police also stepped up security cover outside actor Khan’s home after the threat call, officials were quoted as saying.