Alia Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt receive death threats

Alia Bhatt is one of the most successful actresses of this generation. Her hard work and films are being appreciation not only by critics but the box office collections of her films speak for itself. But, recently, in a shocking turn of events filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt and Alia have received death threatening calls from an unidentified caller.

The accused reportedly demanded 50 Lakh rupees from Bhatt and threatened to kill his wife Soni Razdan and daughter Alia if he failed to deposit the money in a Lucknow-based branch. The incident took place on February 26. Mahesh Bhatt filed a case at the Juhu police station on Wednesday.

The case has been registered under section 387 (causing a person to fear death or grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion). The police also recorded a statement from Bhatt’s family. Bhatt initially thought that it was a prank call until he started receiving personal and WhatsApp messages warning him not to take threats lightly. The report said, “If you fail to do so, I will fire several rounds of bullets in your daughter Alia and wife Soni.”

Mahesh Bhatt took to Twitter and said…

A bolt from the blue in the form of an extortion call & threat to my family was nipped in the bud by the MH & UP police in tandem.Gratitude!

— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) March 2, 2017

We hope the Bhatt family stays safe through this tough time.