Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh and filmmaker Rohit Shetty have received fresh threats through a fresh audio clip from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Investigators said this is the third such recording sent by the gang.In the latest audio, a person claiming to be Harry Boxer, a member of the gang, warns Ranveer for allegedly going back on his word, besides threatening his staff and their families. Boxer also targeted Shetty and the Bollywood community, warning them to “fall in line”. Boxer, a Rajasthan native living abroad, was in news last year after shots were fired at Kapil Sharma’s cafe in Canada.Mumbai crime branch officials said the authenticity of the clip is yet to be established. “We are verifying whether it’s is genuine or AI-generated. We do not have any records of the persons claiming responsibility and have alerted our counterparts across the country for technical analysis,” a senior officer said.In a fresh audio clip, Boxer mocked the decision by Singh and Shetty to seek police protection. He also takes credit for the firing incidents in Portugal.The audio message states: “Ranveer Singh, tu kuch baat bolke mukhar gaya na? Thik hai, ya to tu us baat par vapas aaja isliye nahi to mukharne ki saja kya hoti hai voh tujhe batayenge issliye voice note chod rahe hain tere liye…Rohit Shetty aur tu line par aaja… Aur puri Bollywood ko bol rahein hain …Aaj jo Portugal mein firing karaya hain maine aur mere bhaine Marina Grand hain Sukhdev ki dukan pe firing ki jimmadari hum le rahein hain. (Ranveer Singh, you backed out after saying something, right? That’s fine — either you come back to that statement, otherwise we will show you what the punishment for backing out is. That’s why we are leaving this voice note for you. Rohit Shetty and you should fall in line. And we are telling the entire Bollywood as well. The firing that was carried out today in Portugal — me and my brothers take responsibility for the firing at Marina Grand and at Sukhdev’s shop.”Police said it is not clear the context in which he made the threats to Singh and Shetty.The message further states that the Bishnoi gang has detailed information regarding the families, residences and work hours of Singh’s managers and employees and threatened to target them first to “teach a lesson” to the actor.Officials said both Singh and Shetty have recorded their statements and have denied having any prior communication with the Bishnoi gang.
