Fear stalks Mumbai’s Bollywood corridors after gunshots rang out at Rohit Shetty’s residence, unmasking a sinister extortion racket led by wanted gangster Shubham Lonkar. Allied with imprisoned kingpin Lawrence Bishnoi, Lonkar has issued dire warnings to five prominent personalities, seeking protection money through menacing calls.
The industry’s omertà persists—no complaints filed, stymieing police action. Intelligence points to a pattern of intimidation, echoing darker eras when gangsters dictated film fates. The Shetty incident served as a stark opener to this renewed menace.
Police unearthed Lonkar’s brazen social media missive, a direct taunt laced with piety and peril: ‘Repeated messages to back off fell on deaf ears. The firing was just the trailer. Next one’s personal. Entire Bollywood, wise up now.’
Shetty refutes receiving threats, cooperating fully as special teams hunt the perpetrators nationwide. This saga revives memories of past underworld incursions, prompting calls for bolstered vigilance. Bollywood’s elite now navigates a precarious landscape, where glamour meets grit, and silence might prove costliest.