Uddhav Sena Leader Sanjay Raut Gets Death Threat From Lawrence Bishnoi Gang: Police

Sanjay Raut is learnt to have received a threat message from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which said he would be murdered in Delhi the way Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moose Wala was.

File Photo of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. ( Image Source :Abp Live )

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has received a threat message from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which said he would be murdered in Delhi the way Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moose Wala was, as reported by news agency ANI. According to the police, Sanjay Raut has filed a complaint and a probe is underway.

Maharashtra | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) leader & RS MP Sanjay Raut received a threat message from Lawrence Bishnoi gang mentioning murdering him like Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moose Wala in Delhi. Sanjay Raut has filed a complaint. Police are conducting probe: Police

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— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2023

Raut received threats through text messages. According to the information received from the sources close to ABP News, the person sending the messages is from Pune. "I will kill you, Anti-Hindu, meet me in Delhi. Will blow you up with AK47 in Sidhu Moose Wala
style," the message read. According to ANI, a person has been detained in Pune and is being interrogated pertaining to a threat message to Sanjay Raut. 

According to the police, the accused who was detained in Pune used the name of Lawrence Bishnoi. He will also be interrogated in the case related to the threat message to actor Salman Khan. The connection of the accused with the Bishnoi gang will also be probed.

Reacting to the death threats, Sanjay Raut said he will not be scared. He also questioned the Mumbai police and state Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis and said that similar attempts were made to carry an attack on me but what did the police do, what did the state's home minister do.

"I got a threat message and I have informed the police. I won't be scared. Similar attempts were made to carry an attack on me but what did the police do, what did the state's home minister do," Raut said as quoted by ANI.  

Mumbai: I got a threat message and I have informed the police. I won't be scared. Similar attempts were made to carry an attack on me but what did the police do, what did the state's home minister do?: Sanjay Raut pic.twitter.com/BXRDFX7oKW

— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2023

Earlier on Sunday, the father of late Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moosewala, Balkaur Singh alleged that he was threatened once again through an email saying that he would be killed soon. "I've received threats on email from Rajasthan saying that I'll be killed soon, so don't take Lawrence Bishnoi's name", alleged Moosewala's father, ANI reported.

Previously also, Balkaur Singh alleged that he was threatened and said that he will be killed before April 25. "What wrong am I doing? Should I not fight my son's case? I was threatened on February 18, 24 and 27 that I will be killed before April 25...I would like to tell the Government, to take back my security, I will continue to fight," he added.

According to the police, a case has been registered against unknown people for threatening Moosewala's father. On March 7, Singh held a protest outside the Punjab Assembly and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the murder of his son.

Speaking to media persons outside the Punjab Assembly, Singh said no investigation is happening in his favour. "In the last 10 months, I went to Police and Administration several times. I was assured. But what's happening here is being done to brush under the carpet the murder of my child. Nothing is going in my favour. So, I had to come to Assembly," said the father of the late singer, as quoted by ANI. He questioned the government about action taken against the gangster Goldy Brar.

Last year, Salman and his father Salim Khan received a death threat. Salim Khan's security team found the letter outside their Mumbai home near the Bandra Bandstand promenade, where he goes for his routine morning jog.

In October last year, Delhi Police made a sensational revelation in the case pertaining to the alleged plot to kill Salman Khan. Police said that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang members tried to befriend the staff of the actor's farmhouse in Mumbai to ascertain the details about the timings of his entry and exit.

Last month, Mumbai Police booked jailed gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldie Brar and Rohit Garg for allegedly sending threatening emails to actor Salman Khan's office. Bandra Police registered a case under sections 506(2),120(b) and 34 of IPC. Khan has been provided with Y+ category security by the Mumbai police as the actor is perceived to be under threat. The Maharashtra state government took this step after the actor received a threat letter from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang earlier.