Salman Khan threat case: Rajasthan man sent similar e-mail to Moosewala’s father
MUMBAI: The Rajasthan man nabbed by the Bandra police on Sunday in connection with an e-mail threatening actor Salman Khan had sent a similar threat to the father of slain Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moosewala.
The Punjab police were on his pursuit at the same time as the Mumbai police. By happenstance, a team from Bandra police was already in Rajasthan for another case and they could get the custody of the accused before their Punjab counterpart.
Dhakadram Ramlal Siyag, 21, was picked up from his native village Siyago ki Dhani in Jodhpur district. He reached Mumbai around 1am on Monday. He was produced before the Bandra magistrate court, which remanded him in police custody till April 3.
“While investigating the case registered by the actor’s team on March 18, one of the team members reported another threat e-mail sent to the actor on
March 24. Acting on the assumption that both the e-mails were sent by the same person, we tracked the sender of the second mail and reached Siyag,” deputy commissioner of police Anil Paraskar said.
“Since some of the officers from our team were already there and assistant sub-inspector Bajrang Jagtap had some local connections as well, we diverted them to this case,” Paraskar said. Once the police team got hold of Siyag, they realised that he was not the one who had sent the March 18 e-mail and a separate case was registered against him on Sunday.
The March 24 e-mail said that the actor would meet a fate similar to Moosewala. “Agla number tera hi hai. Tu tayyaar reh, tera haal bhi Sidhu Moosewala jaisa hoga, tu kabhi Jodhpur aake dikha. Bishnoi gang dekhlegi tujhe...” the mail written in Devanagari read.
Based on his mailing history, the police claimed to have found the threat e-mails sent to Khan and to Moosewala’s father.
Meanwhile, when magistrate Komal Rajput asked the accused why he had sent the e-mail, Siyag replied “galti ho gayi” (It was a mistake).
Siyag, who works as a waiter in Jodhpur, has two other cases against him. He was booked by the Rajasthan police in 2021 under the Arms Act, while the Punjab police has recently booked him for the threat mail to Moosewala senior.
Speaking about the March 18 e-mail, the DCP said that they have a very strong lead in the matter. The e-mail said Canadabased gangster Goldy Brar wanted to meet Khan. It also referred to Punjab-based gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s interview in which he said that killing Khan was the goal of his life.