Man arrested after Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal receive death threat on social media

Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal received a death threat on Instagram. (Image: @vickykaushal09/Instagram)

Mumbai Police has arrested a man accused of issuing a death threat to Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal. The actors, who are married, reportedly received a death threat from the man on social media.

A case had been filed and Mumbai's Santa Cruz police station had launched a probe into the matter.

According to news agency ANI, the actors received the threat on social media app Instagram. The accused was also allegedly stalking and threatening Katrina Kaif on the app.

"Case registered at Santacruz PS on complaint of Vicky Kaushal u/s 506(2), 354(D) IPC r/w sec 67 IT Act. He complained that one person has been threatening and posting threat messages on Instagram. He stated that the accused has also been stalking his wife and threatening her," Mumbai Police said, reported ANI.

Maharashtra | Police register a case against an unidentified man and initiate an investigation for allegedly giving life threats to actors Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal through social media. Case registered at Santacruz Police Station: Mumbai Police

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News agency ANI later reported that one man has been arrested in connection with the case. The man's identity  has not been revealed.

Recently, several cases of celebrities receiving death threats have been reported.

Superstar Salman Khan and his father writer Salim Khan also received a threat letter last month, just days after Punjabi singer and politician Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Salim Khan found the letter on a bench where he sits daily after jogging.

Bishnoi's threat to Khan was linked to the 2018 blackbuck poaching case in which the actor was convicted.

Salman Khan has since applied for a gun licence.