Shahrukh Khan’s recent blockbuster Om Shanti Om brought him great fortune but with side-effects. After the movie set cash registers ringing, Khan is said to have received extortion calls from gangster Bunty Pandey.
Khan was reportedly told to cough up Rs 2 crore. He received several phone calls in the last few days from Pandey, it’s learnt. Pandey, the police have found out, has sent six goons to "speak" to Khan personally.
He informed Mumbai police and its Anti-Terrorist Squad about the calls. The Crime Branch and ATS teams are on the trail of the gangsters and they have been successful to some extent on their mission. The security around Shahrukh’s bungalow ‘Mannat’ has been tightened.
Shahrukh is not available for comment and his secretary has expressed ignorance regarding the episode. Senior officials are also not available for comment.
Bunty Pandey earlier was with Chhota Rajan, and then he set up his own team with Bharat Nepali and Ajay Mohite.
This is not the first time Shahrukh has been the target of the underworld. Earlier, after the shooting of ‘Dil to Paagal hai’, he had received threat calls from Abu Salem, who wanted him to act in a certain movie being produced by his acquaintance and Khan had refused him.