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As per a report in Maharashtra Times, Mahesh Manjrekar had been receiving threatening messages on WhatsApp for the last two days. “Director & actor Mahesh Manjrekar received an extortion call from a person, in the name of underworld don Abu Salem. Anti-extortion cell has arrested an accused, who was trying to extort Rs 35 crore through the threat call,” Mumbai police stated.
As per reports, the anti-Ransom squad was approached by Manjrekar a day before, over the name of underworld don Abu Salem. Mahesh Manjrekar, who is credited with directing the critically acclaimed film 'Vaastav: The Reality,' and has a National Film Award to his name, had launched his daughter into the showbiz with Salman Khan’s Dabangg 3.
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The links between underworld and Bollywood is not a new thing now, several revelations have been made in media reports in this regard. Several actors’ names including that of Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan have allegedly been linked with underworld dons.
Recently, after the mysterious death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, singer Sonu Nigam had brought the name of Abu Salem back in news, during his verbal war with Divya Kmar Khosla. In his video attacking Bhushan Kumar and Divya Kumar, Sonu Nigam had said, "Do you even remember the times you would come to my house requesting me to record an album for you? ‘Bhai, record Deewana for me. Introduce me to Smita Thackeray and Bal Thackeray. Save me from Abu Salem’. Don’t mess with me, I am warning you.”