The Mumbai police has arrested the man who threatened comedian Kapil Sharma and sought Rs 1 crore through calls and videos between September 22–23. The accused was nabbed from Kolkata, West Bengal, and invoked gangsters Rohit Godara and Goldy Brar’s names.
Identified as Dilip Chaudhary, the accused was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch in West Bengal and has been taken into custody till September 30. Further investigation into the motive is underway to ascertain if the accused is actually linked to the Bishnoi gang or any of the named gangsters.
Firing at Kapil Sharma’s cafe
The incident of threat calls and extortion comes more than a month after shots were fired at Kapil Sharma’s cafe in Canada’s Surrey. Gangsters – Gurpreet Singh alias Goldy Dhillon, and Lawrence Bishnoi – in social media posts claimed responsibility for the attack.
A video of the incident had also gone viral in which around 25 gunshots were heard being fired at the restaurant. The
The firing incident occurred twice. First at the comedian’s newly opened Kap’s Cafe on July 10, when some employees were still inside. No one was injured in the firing.
MNS threatens Kapil Sharma
In another update, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) recently issued a warning to Kapil Sharma for his comedy show ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ asking him not to refer to Mumbai as ‘Bombay’, which is the old name for the city.
MNS leader Ameya Khopkar, who heads the film wing of the party, took to X and said, “Even though 30 years have passed since Bombay was officially renamed Mumbai, the term Bombay is still frequently used in Bollywood’s Kapil Sharma Show celebrity guests, Delhi-based Rajya Sabha MPs, show anchors, and in many Hindi films. It was officially recognised by the Maharashtra Government in 1995 and by the Central Government in 1996, even before Chennai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata. Therefore, a humble request-cum-warning is being issued to respect this and use the name Mumbai.”