Salman Khan visits Mumbai Police HQs, applies for gun licence a month after receiving death threat

Salman Khan on Friday paid a visit to the Mumbai Police headquarters where he met Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar at his south Mumbai office. The 'Dabangg' actor was snapped arriving at the police HQ, located opposite Crawford Market, in his car around 4 pm. He was in the premises for over an hour. Apart from Phansalkar, the actor also met Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Vishwas Nangre Patil.

News agency ANI, quoting an unnamed Mumbai Police official, reported that the actor has submitted a written application to the Mumbai Police to seek a weapon licence for his protection amid alleged death threats. His Friday visit was for physical verification before the authority.




The actor's application comes a month after he and his scriptwriter father Salim Khan received a death threat following Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala's murder by members of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi near Punjab's Mansa district on May 29. The unsigned letter was found by the Senior Khan on the bench where he sits daily after jogging in the morning. It said that the father-son duo would meet the same fate of the slain Punjabi singer.

After the letter, Khan's security had been enhanced.

Meanwhile, earlier on July 10, the Delhi Police special cell stated that gangster Bishnoi has warned that his community and he will never forgive Salman for killing a blackbuck during the shooting of Sooraj Barjatya's 'Hum Saath Saath Hain' in Jodhpur. Lawrence also added that he would change his mind only if Salman and his father apologise to his community in public at the Jambaji temple, failing which the Bishnois would kill them.

Bishnoi had earlier threatened the actor in 2018 too. He is in Punjab Police custody in connection with the investigation into the murder of the singer.