Firing outside Salman Khan’s house - 5 times when the superstar received death threats

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Gunshots outside Salman Khan’s residence

Two bike-borne men fired gunshots outside the Bandra residence of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on the morning of April 14

Other instances of death threats

Here are 5 other instances when Salman Khan received death threats...

The poaching case

Salman Khan received death threats in 2006 during the trial over the Chinkara poaching case. He was accused of killing the animal during the shooting of the film Hum Saath Saath Hain

Death threat from Lawrence Bishnoi in 2018

In January 2018, Lawrence Bishnoi allegedly issued death threats against Salman after the superstar was convicted in the blackbuck poaching case by the court

A threat letter kept at Bandra Bandstand

In 2022, a threat letter was kept at a spot on Bandra Bandstand where the actor’s father, Salim Khan, used to go for a walk

Another threat in 2022

The threat letter claimed that the actor would meet the fate of singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was killed in May 2022

Threat mail in 2023

In 2023, the actor’s manager received a threat mail, following which an FIR was registered against jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar and Mohit Garg

Reason for death threats

Lawrence Bishnoi claimed that he was upset with the superstar ever since the poaching case as blackbucks are considered as sacred by his Bishnoi community