November 19, 2018:

On Sunday, a man who allegedly threatened an employee of Bollywood actor Salman Khan on phone was arrested from Allahabad.

The arrested man, whom the police identified only as Shera, had called up the actor’s aide a few days ago when he [Shera] was in Mumbai, & had asked for the actor’s number.

As the actor’s staffer refused to part with the number, the two got into an argument on phone.

The police said that the actor’s employee lodged a criminal complaint at Bandra police station three days ago after Shera allegedly got abusive on phone.

The employee, whose name the police did not confirm, has stated in his complaint that the caller threatened him with dire consequences when he refused to part with the actor’s contact number.

A police team was immediately cobbled up & the caller’s number was traced to Allahabad.

The team got details of the SIM card which is registered in the name of “Shera alias Sheru”.

The police, who said that Shera is a history-sheeter, was on its way back to Mumbai from Allahabad on Sunday evening.

While officials of Bandra police station remained tight-lipped about the case, a police source told TOI late on Sunday that their team is expected to reach Mumbai late night.

Sources said,“The motive of the threatening call will be clear once they get here and interrogate the arrested man. We suspect that something went wrong between the accused and the actor’s employee although the two are not even acquainted with one another. The accused got hold of the staffer’s cellpone number through social media.”

The police team nabbed Shera from Kareli locality late on Friday.

Additional superintendent of police of Allahabad city, Brijesh Kumar Srivastava, confirmed to TOI that a team of Mumbai police had picked up Shera.

Srivastava said.“He was wanted in connection with a case registered at Bandra police station. The Mumbai police had not consulted us about the operation."

He added that he was not aware whether the arrested accused had threaten the actor’s employee or the actor himself.

Police sources said that Shera had been staying in Bandra with his family until recently. He returned to to Allahabad only a few days back after he got into the altercation an argument with the actor’s staffer, said a police source.

Shera has been charged with Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with criminal intimidation.

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