Mumbai: Veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and father of Bollywood Actress Alia Bhatt received a blackmail call from an unknown person, who gave death threats to him and his family and demanded for Rs 50 lakh. Mahesh Bhatt then filed a complaint in Juhu Police Station.

The matter was put an end to by the Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh police.

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The filmmaker tweeted: "A bolt from the blue in the form of an extortion call and threat to my family was nipped in the bud by the Maharashtra and UP police in tandem. Gratitude."


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The Mumbai Police have arrested one person for allegedly sending death threats.

Mahesh, on Wednesday, reportedly received calls by an unidentified caller, who demanded a sum of Rs 50 lakh and threatened to kill his daughter-actress Alia and wife Soni Razdan, if he didn't pay the demanded amount.

IANS