From Shah Rukh Khan to Preity Zinta: 6 Bollywood stars besides Salman Khan who faced chilling underworld threats

After his close friend and politician Baba Siddique's death, the danger is looming for Salman Khan who has already been given a fresh threat by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which also claimed responsibility for Siddique's death. This is not the first time Khan has been threatened by the gangster. Earlier, this year, shots were fired at his home. His father Salim Khan has received multiple threats.

Bollywood actors threatened by underworld

1. Gulshan Kumar

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In 1997, T-series boss Gulshan Kumar was killed in broad daylight while he was visiting the Shiva temple in Andheri Mumbai. After offering prayers, when he was on his way back to his car, he was shot 16 times killing him on the spot. Abdul Rauf Merchant, one of the shooters and aide of the Dawood Ibrahim gang was convicted in the case.

2. Shah Rukh Khan

Not just Salman, Shah Rukh Khan has also received multiple threats from the underworld. In 2023, the King of Bollywood was given Y+ security cover from Maharashtra government because of threats. Furthermore, Gangster Abu Salem has threatened him on multiple occasions in the 1990s.

3. Rakesh Roshan

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Two men had shot Hrithik Roshan's father and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan in, 2000, near his office in Mumbai¡¯s Santacruz area. While one bullet hit his left arm, the other grazed his chest. The filmmaker however survived. This happened after he got extortion calls from the underworld and he refused to pay them the money.

4. Preity Zinta

During the shooting of her film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke in 2001, the actress had revealed that she received extortion calls demanding Rs 50 lakhs. Producers Nasim Rizvi and financier Bharat Shah were arrested for getting the funds for the film from the underworld.

5. Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt's connection with the underworld made his a target of death threats. It is said that gangsters like Dawood Ibrahim and Abu Salem had threatened him at different times in his life.

6. Sidhu Moose Wala

It is said that Sidhu Moose Wala also got many death threats and extortion calls before he was murdered by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in 2022.

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