NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Salman Khan has received a death threat from a Punjab based gangster who has been involved in a lot of extortion and murder cases in Jodhpur, a celebrity website reported.
Salman is currently busy with Race 3 wherein he will be seen alongside Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez among others.
The actor who is busy shooting for Race 3 and Bigg Boss 11 recently made an appearance at the Jodhpur Court with regards to his blackbuck poaching case.
Accordingi to Pink Villa, a Punjab Based gangster by the name Lawrence Bishnoi has threatened to kill the superstar Salman Khan on Friday.
The gangster who was brought to Jodhpur at a local court said he will kill Salman while the police was taking him into the police vehicle. The notorious gangster was behind a murder of a businessman and has a number of extortion cases against him.
“I have not done anything till now, the police have been framing me unnecessarily,” he claimed. Reacting to his comments, Police Commissioner Ashok Rathore said, “We are aware of the gangster’ intentions to kill Salman Khan , but we have already made security arrangements with regard to Salman Khan’s safety.”
Jodhpur police arrested Bishnoi for his involvement in twin cases of firing and murder of Vasudev Israni, an electronic businessman of the city.
Meanwhile, Salman Khan recently celebrated his 52nd birthday and also has Dabanng 3, Bharat and a Remo D’Souza directorial dance movie in the pipeline. The superstar recently delivered a major blockbuster at the box office with Tiger Zinda Hai wherein he was paired opposite Katrina Kaif. The duo was seen performing some kickass action stunts in the movie.