Death threat to Shah Rukh: Accused lawyer remanded in police custody till Nov 18
The Hindu
Chhattisgarh lawyer remanded for threatening Shah Rukh Khan, claims conspiracy due to stolen phone, previous complaint.
A court on Thursday (November 14, 2024) remanded a lawyer from Chhattisgarh, arrested over allegations of threatening to kill Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in police custody till November 18.
The Mumbai police arrested the accused lawyer, Faizan Khan, from Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
They brought him here after securing his transit remand from a Chhattisgarh court.
On Thursday, the police produced the accused before a court in Bandra and sought his remand for seven days for a probe into the matter.
The accused's lawyers Amit Mishra and Sunil Mishra submitted that Faizan Khan's phone was stolen before the alleged incident.
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They argued that the threat call made from his communication device was a conspiracy against him as he had earlier complained to the Mumbai police against Shah Rukh Khan over a dialogue in his movie 'Anjaam' (1994) referring to deer hunting.
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