Salman Khan issued firearms licence for self-protection following death threats
Salman Khan, Salim Khan's death threat letter case
In June, soon after the popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead, Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father and veteran writer Salim Khan got death threat. Ever since then, security has beentightened upat Salman's apartment.
Following the threat, Khan visited Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar's office and later it was revealed that the actor has applied for a gun license and now he has been granted the licence for self-protection.
"Actor Salman Khan has been issued an arms licence after he applied for a weapon license for self-protection in the backdrop of threat letters that he received recently," ANI tweeted Mumbai Policestatement.
The 'Antim' actor also met the Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Vishwas Nangre Patil there, as per reports.
Salman had reportedly received a death threat from gangster Lawrence Bishnoi`s gang. Following this, Salman and his home security have also been enhanced and the actor has also upgraded his vehicles and is now travelling in a bulletproof Land Cruiser.
On June 5, Salim Khan's securityteam found the letter outside their Mumbai home near the Bandra Bandstand promenade, where hegoes for a jog and many times Salman also steps out for a walk or for cycling.Later many reports suggested,that the threatening act by the criminal gang, only created an atmosphere to show their power after Moose Wala's shocking murder.
Before this, in 2018, Salman got death threats allegedly from the Lawrence gang over hisblackbucks poaching case.
(With inputs from the agency).
