Jobless Saudi returnee arrested for sending threat message to Salman, Zeeshan

Mumbai, A 56-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly sending a message to the Mumbai traffic police, threatening to kill Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and Maharashtra NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique if they failed to pay up ₹2 crore, an official said.

The man, Azam Mohammed Mustafa, on Tuesday sent the threat message on the traffic police's WhatsApp helpline number, saying the two will meet the same fate as former state minister Baba Siddique, father of Zeeshan Siddique, and his warning should not be treated as a joke, he said. Baba Siddique was shot dead by three gunmen in the Bandra area on October 12.

The Worli police initially registered a case against an unidentified person after receiving the message and launched an investigation. On Wednesday, they arrested Mustafa, a resident of Blue Fame Apartment in Bandra , an upscale area where Khan also resides, and recovered the mobile phone and the SIM card used in the crime, said the official.