Comedian Kapil Sharma has been receiving extortion calls and messages for Rs 1 crore. In a significant breakthrough, the Mumbai Crime Branch has now arrested an accused from West Bengal for issuing threats and demanding extortion. Notably, this comes after a series of attacks at the comedian's restaurant in Canada by the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang,

Kapil Sharma gets extortion calls

The accused, identified as Dilip Chaudhary, reportedly threatened Sharma in the name of notorious gangsters Rohit Godara and Goldy Brar. He demanded an extortion of Rs 1 crore from Sharma. According to police officials, the accused made threatening phone calls to Kapil but also sent intimidating videos to Sharma. Sharma reportedly received seven threat calls between September 22 and 23 from the accused. In addition to this, he was threatened from another number as well.