Hoax or real? UK student behind threat to Salman Khan

The Bandra police have initiated the process of bringing in the medical student from the UK who has been identified as the sender of the email threatening actor Salman Khan in March The youth who hails from Haryana sent the email to one of Khanrsquos friends on behalf of gangster Goldy Brar said sources Officers are investigating whether he has any links to Brar police said without revealing any more details about the youngsterThe thirdyear medical student sent the email while partying with friends on March 18 and he likely did it for fun according to sourcesIn the email sent to one of Khanrsquos friends the student threatened the actor with consequences if he did not have a talk with Goldy Brar in person ldquoGoldy bhai Goldy Brar ko BAAT krni hai tere boss Salman se Interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi dekh hi liya hoga usne shayad nhi dekha ho toh bol diyo dekh lega Matter close krna hai to BAAT krva dio face to face krna ho vo bta dio Abi time rehte inform krdiya hai agli baar jhatka hi dekhne ko milega sicrdquo his email readsTraced to LondonThe Bandra police investigated the case based on the email and found that the email ID was associated with a location in London They verified the information and identified the sender following a twomonthlong investigationSalman Khan right Police beef up security outside Salman Khanrsquos residence in Bandra on March 27 PicSameer MarkandeThe police shared the information with their British counterparts through mutual legal assistance treaty MLAT to get the Haryana resident back to IndiaThe officers have issued a look out circular LOC but have refused to divulge further details of his identity stating that the legal process to get him back to India is still ongoingAlso Read Salman Khan gets another death threat Roki Bhai from Jodhpur wants to kill actor on April 30ldquoFor now we can only confirm that we have identified him We dont know if he is associated with the gangster Goldy Brar or not This has to be verified once we get him back to India But prima facie it appears that he does not have any criminal records in India an officer saidThreats to actorSalman has been on the radar of the Lawrence Bishnoirsquos gang since the blackbuck case and he has received multiple threats The police beefed up his security after Lawrence Bishnoi issued a fresh threat from inside the prison he is lodged at while giving an interview to a national news channelAccording to the Mumbai police many highprofile cases including that of Khan have been motivated by social media fame alcohol and a desire for fun A few days after the email from the medical student another threat was received in an email and the sender claimed to be a member of the Bishnoi gang The sender warned that Khan would meet the same fate as Sidhu Moosewala The police later arrested a person named Dhakad Ram Bishnoi from Rajasthan but found out that he had no association with the gang and had sent the email for some fame on social mediaIn another incident in April the Mumbai crime branch apprehended a 16yearold boy who called the police control room on April 30 and threatened to kill Khan The boy was nabbed after a 10km chase in Thane Officers learnt during the probe that the boy had made the call for fun thinking the police wonrsquot be able to trace themMarch 18Day the student emailed the threat mailMar 23Day another threat was made to the actor