Baba Siddiqui’s son and MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui receives fresh threat message

The threat messages were received at Zeeshan Siddiqui’s Bandra office; the accused has been held from Uttar Pradesh.

Baba Siddiqui’s son and MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui’s office in Bandra reportedly had received threatening messages on Friday evening. The messages involved death threats for Salman Khan and the MLA. However, the Mumbai police have held a 21-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Noida for allegedly sending a threatening message to slain NCP (Ajit Pawar) leader Baba Siddiqui’s MLA son Zeeshan Siddiqui.

Zeeshan Siddiqui’s office in Bandra received threat messages.

On Friday evening, as per NDTV, citing unnamed sources, Zeeshan Siddiqui’s office in Bandra had received messages threatening Salman Khan and the MLA of death unless they paid a ransom. A Zeeshan Siddiqui’s office staff member had registered a police complaint, and an FIR was filed. The Mumbai police identified Mohammed Tayyab as the man behind the threats and arrested him.

Another threat message was received before this incident.

Earlier, Mumbai police had arrested Shaikh Hussain Shaikh Mausin, a 24-year-old vegetable seller from Jamshedpur, over a threatening message received by Mumbai traffic police’s WhatsApp helpline. The helpline received a threat message demanding ₹5 crore from the actor, prompting the police to register a case and launch an investigation. Police had tracked down the number to Jharkhand, and teams were dispatched to nab the accused, said an official, adding that another team visited Guwahati.

On Tuesday, even as the police widened the dragnet to trace the message’s sender, the Mumbai traffic police received an “apology” from the same mobile phone number, said the officials.