Overview
- A new audio message warned that managers and staff would be targeted and told the wider film industry to “fall in line.”
- Preliminary voice matching points to Hari Chand alias Harry Boxer of the Lawrence Bishnoi network, with the clip sent to the forensic lab to verify authenticity and possible AI manipulation.
- Investigators say the threat was routed via VPN from outside India, and assistance from Interpol has been requested to trace the origin.
- Mumbai Police recorded statements from the managers of Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty, increased security for the targets, and have yet to register a separate FIR for the extortion attempt.
- In the February 1 firing outside Shetty’s Juhu residence, several suspects are in custody as police recreate the sequence of events, while alleged handler Shubham Lonkar remains absconding under a lookout circular.