Shah Rukh Khan death threat accused arrested in Chhattisgarh

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect from Chhattisgarh for allegedly issuing death threats to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Last week, the Bandra police station received a complaint from Shah Rukh Khan after he received a death threat via call.

A case was registered by the police under sections 308(4) (extortion involving threats of death or serious injury) and 351(3)(4) (criminal intimidation) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the caller.

The police detained a lawyer in Chhattisgarh, named Faizan Khan, whose phone was used in the threating call.

He was arrested after he didn’t appear before the police. He was summoned by the police in the case.

Superintendent of Police (CSP- Civil Lines) Ajay Kumar told PTI last week that Faizan Khan said he had lost his phone and lodged a complaint at the Khamardih police station.

The suspect told the media that the threat call made from his phone number was part of a conspiracy against him.

“My phone was stolen on November 2 and I complained. I told Mumbai police about it. They interrogated me for about two hours,” he told the media.

Faizan, however, said he had lodged a complaint against Shah Rukh Khan over a dialogue in his movie ‘Anjaam’ (1994) over reference to deer hunting.

“I hail from Rajasthan. The Bishnoi community (which is from Rajasthan) is my friend. It is in their religion to protect deer. So, if a Muslim says something like this about deer, it is condemnable. Therefore, I objected,” he said.

“Whoever has made a call from my phone, it seems intentional. I think it is a conspiracy against me,” he added.