Threat call to Shah Rukh Khan: Chhattisgarh lawyer remanded in police custody till Nov 18

Shah Rukh Khan death threat: The Mumbai police arrested the accused lawyer, Faizan Khan, from Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Tuesday.

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The Bandra police station received a call on November 5 threatening to kill Shah Rukh Khan and demanding Rs 50 lakh. (File Photo)

A Bandra court on Thursday remanded the Chhattisgarh lawyer, accused of threatening to kill Shah Rukh Khan, in police custody till November 18.

He also allegedly demanded Rs 50 lakh from the Bollywood superstar last week.

The Mumbai police arrested the accused lawyer, Faizan Khan, from Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Tuesday.

After obtaining his transit remand from a Chhattisgarh court, the police brought the accused to Bandra, where they sought a seven-day remand to investigate the case.

The accused’s lawyers, Amit Mishra and Sunil Mishra submitted that Faizan Khan’s phone was stolen before the alleged incident.

They claimed that the threat call made from his device was part of a conspiracy, citing Khan’s previous complaint to the Mumbai police against Shah Rukh Khan over a dialogue in his movie ‘Anjaam’ (1994) referring to deer hunting.

After hearing both sides, the court remanded the accused in police custody till November 18.

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The Bandra police station received a call on November 5 threatening to kill Shah Rukh Khan and demanding Rs 50 lakh.

A case was registered against the unidentified caller under sections 308(4) (extortion with death threats) and 351(3)(4) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The caller was later identified as Faizan Khan and traced to Raipur.

Before his arrest, Faizan Khan claimed that his phone was stolen and someone else made the call to the Mumbai police and gave threats to frame him.