Salman Khan receives death threats on social media

Actor Salman Khan, who is accused in the 1998 Jodhpur blackbuck case, has received a death threat on social media. The threat was issued on a Facebook page named after the Punjab University student union.

Jodhpur (Rajasthan): Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who is reportedly set to appear in the Jodhpur Court of District and Sessions on Friday for his next hearing in the blackbuck poaching case, has been threatened of murder by a social media user in a Facebook post.

The threat post, which has been posted on a group in facebook called Sopu group, warned Salman that he could escape from India law but not from the law of Bishnoi group.

The threat post was posted by one Gary Shooter, carried a photo of Salman Khan with a red cross and the message in Hindi.

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi is booked in several cases

"Salman you may think that you are above the Indian law, but the Bishnoi community and Suopu party has given you a death sentence. You are guilty in Sopu court," the post read.

Reacting on the death threat given by the gangster, Jodhpur DCP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said, "We step up our security if we get input regarding a special threat after doing an assessment. We will investigate this matter."

"We have social media cell for this...If we get a special input then we will pro-actively neutralize that threat," he said.

"We will also keep the security arrangements strong," he added.

Earlier, in 2018, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi had issued a chilling threat against Salman Khan.

Many cases of murder, extortion and firing registered against Lawrence Bishnoi in various states.

Lawrence Bishnoi's death threat to Salman Khan is being linked with the blackbuck killing case of 1998, in which Salman Khan and his co-actors are accused.

It was the Bishnoi community which had brought up the blackbuck hunting case, and ever since the community considers the Bollywood actor a "villain".However, some onlookers felt that the gangster talked of killing Salman Khan just to create a sensation.

Salman who is accused in the 1998 blackbuck case, is expected to appear before a court in Jodhpur on September 27.