Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested an IT engineer from Bengaluru, identified as Vaibhav Mishra, in connection with the extortion threat email sent to actor Ayushmann Khurrana on Wednesday. According to Mumbai Police sources, the accused had been threatening several film celebrities living in Mumbai over the past few days. Actors Tusshar Kapoor and Ayushmann Khurrana were among those targeted.
Police sources further revealed that Mishra had sent threatening emails to several other people as well. The accused was taken into custody by the Mumbai Crime Branch in Bengaluru. The police have also clarified that Mishra has no links with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Earlier on Wednesday, Ayushmann Khurrana, who was recently seen in Udta Teer, received a threatening audio message from an individual claiming to have links with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and demanding crores of rupees, according to Mumbai Police sources.
This came a day after Tusshar Kapoor reportedly received a threat call from a person identifying himself as Harry Boxer, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, who demanded Rs 5 crore from the actor. However, preliminary investigations suggest that the audio clip may be fake.
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