Exclusive! Police have nabbed the culprit who sent me extortion mail, but my family is still worried for me: Bigg Boss 10’s Manu Punjabi
Manu spoke exclusively with Chandigarh Times. He said, “On June 22, I received an email from someone saying he was from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. He asked me for ten thousand. The letter went on to say that if I didn’t send the money within the next four hours, I would be killed. I was also warned in the letter not to contact the police. Finally, the email is digitally signed by Goldy Brar (the Canada-based gangster who confessed to killing Sidhu Moosewala)”.
Manu added, “Since I was in Rajasthan, I contacted the local police, who assigned two police officers to protect me. After investigation, they arrested the accused, who they said was a drug addict living in UP. Although this person’s claim that he was from the Bishnoi gang has not been identified by the police, my family is still scared. In fact, two days ago I had an event, but my family was forced to cancel.”
Richa Tomar, deputy commissioner of police (West) Jaipur, told us, “Manu contacted us four days ago about email. After investigation by our technical supervision team in Jaipur (West), we tracked down the IP address of the email sent to Bijnor (UP) and we sent a team there to arrest the accused.” She added, “The way the email was drafted, like a pamphlet, was not the Lawrence Bishnoi gang’s model of operation, and he didn’t send any bank account details. To send money. Our investigation revealed that the defendant was a drug addict and he also emailed other celebrities, whom I am not authorized to disclose at this time. We will keep him in police custody and interrogate him further.”
