NEW DELHI: A member of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s group has threatened actors, directors, and producers against working with Bollywood star Salman Khan, saying anyone who works with Khan will be shot.
The threat comes one day after shots were fired outside comedian Kapil Sharma’s café in Canada.
In an audio clip shared by an Indian newspaper and making wounds on social media, a man identifying himself as Harry Boxer claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened that “any producer, director, or actor who works with Salman Khan will be shot”.
The man appearing in the video also threatened that they would go to any length to “kill small-time producers, directors, and actors” who collaborated with the ‘Sultan’ actor, warning that “anyone who works with him will be responsible for their own life.”
Shots were fired outside comedian Kapil Sharma’s newly opened Kap’s Café in Surrey, Canada, on Thursday, marking the second shooting at the establishment in less than a month.
No injuries were reported despite the fact that the building had multiple bullet holes.
The earlier attack was reported on July 10. The threats follow Khan’s appearance in the first episode of the third season of Sharma’s Netflix show, which debuted on June 21.
Bishnoi gang operates with the backing of Indian intelligence
The Bishnoi gang who is believed to be operating with the backing of Indian intelligence, have repeatedly issued warnings to Salman Khan, who has been on their radar since his 1998 blackbuck hunting case while filming ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’.
The blackbuck is considered sacred by the Bishnoi community. Khan has been under intense surveillance since an April 2024 shooting incident outside his Mumbai home. Two Bishnoi gang members were arrested in connection with the firing.
Boxer, a Rajasthan native with two criminal cases pending in the state, illegally immigrated to the US in 2014 and became a part of Bishnoi gang, according to India media.
