The Mumbai police located and nabbed a man from a city in Rajasthan for texting a death threat to Amitabh Bachchan during his recent visit to London. Amitabh apprised the Mumbai police of the threat who quickly traced and nabbed the perpetrator. Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Sawf NewsOctober 01, 2008, (Sawf News) - The Mumbai police located and nabbed a man from a city in Rajasthan for texting a death threat to Amitabh Bachchan during his recent visit to London. Amitabh apprised the Mumbai police of the threat who quickly traced and nabbed the perpetrator.
Mhanayk. Mare jaoge.only 3. de jinda.rhane ki kimt abhitabh.ji.25.cro., was the text message sent to Amitabh.
Intriguingly, the man is a Abhishek look alike who claims, amongst other things, to have been used by a Mumbai tabloid in a failed attempt to enter Aishwarya's house during her wedding with Abhishek in early 2007.
Amitabh, an avid and daily blogger, who had started to sound pained and let down in his blogs over the past few days, was back to his chirpy self today.
Here is an extract from Amitabh's post today.
"The police authority in charge of the matter informs me that he is a person from a city in Rajasthan. Claims to be a look alike of Abhishek, had been around the sets of 'Drona' when it was being shot in Rajasthan, has been making claims that he worked in a small role in the film which when I verified is false. Neither Abhshek or Goldie the director have met or had any contact with him. This guy states that he has been in touch with our family; this is completely false. We have never met him. He claims to have got a response to a birthday greeting he sent me. I try and respond to fan mail that wishes me. The police told me he came to Mumbai at the time of Abhishek's and Aishwarya's wedding and that a leading tabloid allegedly paid or employed him to pose as Abhishek and set up circumstances or a sting, as these episodes are commonly referred to these days, so that he could find entry to Aishwarya's residence, just before the wedding. He succeeded in reaching inside the premises of the apartment building and even went up to her flat, unfortunately for him and fortunate for Aishwarya, the wrong one, before he was apprehended. That particular tabloid covered the whole incident as did the electronic media."
Amitabh ends his post by complimenting the Maharashtra police for having moved so quickly and effectively.
"I must compliment the police force of Maharashtra for having worked so rapidly in getting to the problem and taking suitable action."
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