West Bengal man arrested for Rs 1 crore extortion threat to comedian Kapil Sharma
He was produced in court, where he was remanded to police custody until September 30
Dilip Choudhary allegedly called Sharma’s personal assistant on September 22 and 23 and demanded money, claiming that he had connections with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and gangsters like Godara and Brar.
He also sent threatening video messages to Sharma’s assistant, a police official said.
A team of Mumbai crime branch tracked down Chaudhary’s whereabouts and arrested him on Friday in West Bengal.
He was produced in court, where he was remanded to police custody until September 30, the official added.
ED: Hindustan Times reports that a 45-year-old man from North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has been arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly threatening comedian Kapil Sharma with death and demanding ₹1 crore in extortion, invoking the names of gangsters Goldy Brar and Rohit Godara.
It has added that according to the Crime Branch, Sharma’s manager received a series of WhatsApp voice notes on September 22 and 23. The accused, identified as Dilip Chowdhury, claimed to be working for Brar and Godara—close aides of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi—and warned that “boys” had already reached Mumbai.
The report also states that one of the early voice clips demanded that ₹50 lakh be sent to Kolkata and another ₹50 lakh to men in Mumbai.
“You won’t require police protection after that—we will protect you,” the caller reportedly said.
Following a technical surveillance operation, investigators tracked the accused’s location and arrested him from West Bengal. He was subsequently produced in court and remanded in police custody till September 30.
Police officials said that voice samples of the accused will be collected and compared with the threatening audio clips sent to Sharma’s team for forensic verification.
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