IT Engineer Arrested For Allegedly Posing As Bishnoi Gang Member & Threatening Bollywood Celebrities
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested a 30-year-old IT engineer from Bengaluru for allegedly issuing extortion threats to Bollywood actors Tusshar Kapoor and Ayushmann Khurrana while posing as a member of the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The accused, identified as Vaibhav Mishra, works with a private company in Bengaluru. During preliminary interrogation, he allegedly claimed that he…
Mumbai police have arrested a 30-year-old IT engineer named Vaibhav Mishra for allegedly posing as a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and threatening Bollywood actors Tusshar Kapoor and Ayushmann Khurrana. Mishra, who works for a private company in Bengaluru, used Instagram to send threatening audio messages to the celebrities, demanding Rs 5 crore from Kapoor.
He claimed the actions were a prank, but police suspect a larger conspiracy and potential links to organised crime networks. The investigation is ongoing, and Mishra is expected to be produced before a court in Mumbai for further questioning.
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