A man who allegedly made a death threat against actor Salman Khan has been traced to a village in Gujarat’s Vadodara district and has been found to be mentally unstable, police said on Tuesday.
According to officials, Mumbai Police apprehended the 26-year-old man, identified as Mayank Pandya, on Monday and served him a notice, directing him to appear before them whenever required.
According to the police,The accused, resident of a village in Waghodia taluka of Vadodara, has not been arrested.
The Mumbai Traffic Police’s WhatsApp helpline received a message on Sunday in which the sender threatened to bomb Salman Khan’s car and attack the Y-Plus security-protected actor by entering his residence.
The Worli police in Mumbai subsequently registered a case against the then unidentified person under section 351(2)(3) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and tightened security outside Khan’s residence in Bandra area.
Following an investigation, the Mumbai police learnt the threat message was sent by a person living in Waghodia taluka of Vadodara, district Superintendent of Police Rohan Anand told reporters.
“A team of Mumbai police, accompanied by Waghodia police, reached the suspect’s house at a village in Waghodia on Monday. However, it turned out that the 26-year-old man, who had sent the message, is mentally unstable and undergoing treatment,” Anand said.
“The Mumbai police served him a notice for appearance and left,” the official added.
As per the notice, the man has to appear before the Mumbai police for investigation whenever required, another official said.
In April last year, two motorbike-borne persons fired four rounds outside Khan’s residence at the Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai’s Bandra area.
Khan previously faced threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which warned him of consequences if he did not apologise to the Bishnoi community over the alleged killing of a blackbuck. Following these threats, the Mumbai police provided him with Y-Plus security.
Weeks after last year’s firing incident, Navi Mumbai Police revealed a plot by the Bishnoi gang to assassinate Salman Khan during his visits to his farmhouse in Panvel, near Mumbai.