Mumbai Police has said that the threat letter to Bollywood star Salman Khan was a publicity stunt by Lawrence Bishnoi's gang. The threat was given at the behest of Vikram Barad, an associate of Bishnoi, who is currently based in Canada.

An unsigned letter with the message “tumhara Moose Wala kar denge (you will end up like Moose Wala), allegedly addressed to actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan, was found at Mumbai’s Bandra Bandstand promenade on June 5.