Karan Johar’s name was on Lawrence Bishnoi’s target list, plan was to extort Rs. 5 cr
Karan Johar’s name allegedly appeared on Lawrence Bishnoi’s target list. According to the most recent reports, Lawrence Bishnoi and his gang planned to extort Rs. 5 crores from the filmmaker. As per the police official, Siddhesh Kamble, alias Mahakal, an alleged member of the gang, revealed this to investigators. However, news agency PTI has reported that a senior police official stated that these claims have yet to be verified.
According to the police official, Siddhesh was a close aide of Santosh Jadhav, who is a suspect in the killing of Sidhu Moose Waala. Per the PTI report, Siddhesh Kamble revealed details about Sidhu Moose Wala’s case and implicated Santosh Jadhav and Nagnath Suryavanshi in the late singer’s murder. Kamble also allegedly revealed that the gang intended to threaten filmmaker Karan Johar in order to extort Rs. 5 crores. In his police statement, Kamble also stated that gangster Goldie Brar’s brother Vikram Brar had discussed the plans with him on applications such as Signal and Instagram.
A police officer was quoted by PTI, “With some accused, there is an element of bragging in their confessions. The motive behind bragging is to gain publicity and get bigger extortion amounts. This phenomenon is common in Punjab and other neighbouring states. They (gangsters) want their names to get associated with high-profile cases. Mahakal is a small fish. Vikram Brar told him about Karan Johar. Why Brar told this to Mahakal, who is just a foot soldier? Because Brar wants to increase his clout and impress youths like Mahakal.”
Salman Khan and his father, Salim Khan, reportedly received a death threat a few weeks ago. The letter was discovered outside their Mumbai residence, near the Bandra Bandstand promenade, where Salim Khan goes for his daily walk. Later, PTI quoted the Maharashtra Home Department and reported, “The gang was preparing to extort money from big businessmen and actors.”
