00:02Mumbai police received information on Friday about a threatening email that allegedly named
00:08veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan's resident and also mentioned singer-actor Diljit Dosanj.
00:16The police have launched an investigation into the matter while further details are awaited.
00:22The message was reportedly sent to a school in the city BKC area,
00:27following which the police began an investigation. The letter also mentioned
00:32Diljit Dosanj suggesting that he too had been threatened, although the threat was not directed
00:38at him explicitly. The threatening letter reportedly mentioned Amitabh Bachchan and Diljit Dosanj
00:46making specific claims about alleged attack on them. It referred to Bachchan's Mumbai resident
00:53Jalsa and named October 31 and November 27 as dates for alleged attacks.
01:01It also mentioned Diljit Dosanj in connection with a purported bomb attack at Mumbai's Mahalakshmi
01:07race course on November 27. The letter carried pro-Khalistani slogans and attributed the threat
01:15to a group calling itself the Khalistan National Army. The authenticity of the letter and claims
01:22made it in have not been independently verified. The threatening message reportedly named different
01:29locations and times, warning of a possible attack on the mayor's office at 3 pm and school at 1 pm.
01:36A police officer also noted that Diljit Dosanj was scheduled to perform at Mumbai's Mahalakshmi race
01:45course on November 27 as part of his India tour. The officer further said that the police had earlier
01:53withheld approval for Diljit Dosanj's Delhi concert over security concerns.
