Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has reportedly become the latest target in a wave of underworld extortion attempts after receiving a threatening audio message demanding crores of rupees. The unidentified sender explicitly claimed ties to the notorious incarcerated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. The development has triggered an immediate investigation by the Mumbai Police and specialized cyber units, coming just hours after similar intimidation tactics were directed at other prominent film personalities.

Threat Message Demands Crores Under Gangster’s Name

According to senior Mumbai Police officials, the threatening audio communication was sent directly to Khurrana’s contact channels. The sender, asserting an affiliation with the Bishnoi crime syndicate, issued grave warnings and demanded an extortion payout running into several crores of rupees. While an initial inquiry has commenced, law enforcement agencies are analyzing the technical footprint of the transmission to trace the origin of the network connection, IP location, and the cellular numbers involved.

Forensic Voice Matching Underway to Verify Authenticity

To establish whether the threat originated from genuine syndicate operatives or copycat extortionists exploiting the gang’s notoriety to spread panic, the Mumbai Crime Branch is conducting forensic acoustic evaluations. Investigators are actively matching the voice modulation, acoustic frequencies, and speech cadence from Khurrana’s audio file against an indexed database of known voice samples of Bishnoi gang lieutenants.

String of Intimidation Follows Tusshar Kapoor Call and Industry Alarm

The threat to Khurrana emerges amid heightened security concerns across the Hindi film industry. Just a day earlier, actor Tusshar Kapoor received a ₹5-crore extortion demand from an individual identifying as “Harry Boxer,” an alleged operative of the Bishnoi syndicate. However, preliminary forensic examination in Kapoor’s case revealed that the caller’s voice did not match official samples of Boxer in police records, pointing toward an opportunist hoax call intended to intimidate the actor. Authorities are now evaluating whether the audio clip sent to Khurrana shares common origins with earlier extortion attempts.

Stepped-Up Surveillance Across Mumbai’s Celebrity Corridors

The string of intimidating communications follows recent high-profile security scares, including a firing incident in Mumbai last month that prompted law enforcement agencies to tighten perimeter surveillance around high-profile residences. While representatives for Ayushmann Khurrana have not issued a formal media statement, local security protocols surrounding the actor’s residence and ongoing project engagements are being closely reviewed as crime branch teams track down the perpetrators behind the extortion threats.