Mumbai: Bollywood actor Tusshar Kapoor received a threatening call allegedly demanding ₹5 crore extortion money. The caller identified himself as Harry Boxer, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
After receiving the threat, the actor informed the Mumbai Police. Initial police investigations have raised suspicions that the call may be a hoax, as the voice recording does not match Harry Boxer’s official audio sample.
Crime Branch investigates voice recording
The technical team of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch thoroughly examined the audio recording of the threatening call received by Tusshar Kapoor. Police compared the voice heard in the call with the official audio sample of Harry Boxer available in their database.
According to senior Mumbai Police officials, the two voice samples do not match. Based on this initial investigation, the police suspect that the threatening call may be a hoax.
Police suspect that some miscreant may have used the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to instill fear among the public. Police are currently working to identify the person who sent the audio recording.
Several Bollywood celebrities have received threats
Previously, several Bollywood celebrities have faced threats and attacks allegedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. These include Salman Khan, Rohit Shetty, Ranveer Singh, and Tiger Shroff.
Tusshar Kapoor to appear in ‘Golmaal 5’
On the work front, Tusshar Kapoor was last seen in the film ‘Welcome to the Jungle,’ directed by Ahmed Khan. The story of the film is written by Neeraj Vora. It stars Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Arshad Warsi, Raveena Tandon, Jacqueline Fernandez, Disha Patani, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Farida Jalal, Lara Dutta, Shreyas Talpade, Aftab Shivdasani, Yashpal Sharma, and Akshara Singh.
Tusshar Kapoor will next be seen in “Golmaal 5,” directed by Rohit Shetty. The first film in the “Golmaal” series, released in 2006, starred Ajay Devgn, Tusshar Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Sharman Joshi, Rimi Sen, and Paresh Rawal.
The film was reportedly based on Harsh Shivsharan’s Marathi play “Ghar Ghar.” Inspired by this play, Neeraj Vora also wrote the Gujarati play “Aflatoon,” which was also one of the film’s inspirations.
Following the first film, four more installments in the series were released—”Golmaal Returns” (2008), “Golmaal 3” (2010), and “Golmaal Again” (2017). These films starred Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh Hirjee, and Mukesh Tiwari. Shreyas Talpade appeared in three films, while Kunal Khemu and Johnny Lever appeared in two. Now, Akshay Kumar is joining the cast for the fifth installment.