Jodhpur man detained for threat to Salman Khan's assistant

MUMBAI: Bandra police detained a 21-year-old man from Jodhpur for allegedly sending a threat email to the personal assistant of actor Salman Khan on March 18.
The accused, Dhakad Ram Bishnoi (in left pic), will be arrested once the team reaches Mumbai; they left Rajasthan on Sunday.
Dhakad sent the mail impersonating gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's associate Goldy Bhai alias Goldy Brar, the police said. Dhakad mailed the threat after gangster Bishnoi, in an interview from jail three days back, said the goal of his life was to eliminate Salman Khan. He said that the matter will only end after the actor apologises to the Bishnoi community for allegedly killing a blackbuck."
Minutes after Mumbai police took Dhakad's custody, a team from Punjab police reached the same place to arrest him as he was allegedly involved in issuing another threat last week to slain Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala's father Balkaur Singh, asking him not to mention Lawrence Bishnoi's name or he would be 'killed'
Soon after the threat mail complaint received from the actor's friend Prashant Gunjalkar (49), director of a talent management agency in the entertainment industry, Bandra police registered a first information report against gangster Bishnoi, his aide Brar, and the sender of the mail Rohit Garg.
A police officer confirmed TOI on Sunday: "In the threat mail case registered at Bandra police station on March 18, one accused has been detained from Rajasthan." Dhakad sent the two emails after gangster Bishnoi's interview from jail was aired, giving warnings to actor Salman Khan and late singer Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh.
Bandra police team tracked down Dhakad through technical assistance after they got hold of the internet protocol (IP) address that showed his location in Rohicha Kallan, a village in Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district.
"The Mumbai police can provide the exact motive behind Dhakad's sending the threat emails to actor Salman Khan and later singer Moose Wala's father.... It is unclear if Dhakad has any link to gangster Bishnoi," said DCP Gaurav Yadav.