After Salman Khan Lawrence Bishnoi’s group member Siddhesh Kamble on Saturday revealed that Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar was on the list of persons whom the gang planned to target for extortion. However, a senior official from the investigation has also warned that these claims have not been verified yet.
According to reports Bollywood filmmaker, Karan Johar was on the extortion list of Lawrence group members. Siddhesh Kamble who’s apparently a member of the group has revealed the information, as per reports, a senior official has revealed that these claims have not yet been verified. He was a close aide of Santosh Jadhav, a suspected shooter in singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s death case.
The Bishnoi group member also revealed that he shared information about the Sidhu murder and named Santosh and one Nagnath Suryavanshi for being linked in the killing. Apparently, the gang had planned to extort ₹5 crores from Karan Johar by threatening him, Siddhesh said.
As per the reports, a police officer told, “With some accused, there is an element of bragging in their confessions. The motive behind bragging is to gain publicity and get bigger extortion amounts. This phenomenon is common in Punjab and other neighboring states. They want their names to get associated with high-profile cases. Mahakal is a small fish. Vikram Brar told him about Karan Johar. Why does Brar tell this to Mahakal, who is just a foot soldier? Because Brar wants to increase his clout and impress youths like Mahakal.”
For the unversed, Bollywood actor Salman Khan recently received a death threat note following the murder of Sidhu Moose Wala. After which the local authorities have been investigating the issue and the CBI agency has also taken over the case to look at the possible reasons and people behind the note that was left for the actor.
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