Maharashtra gives Y+ security cover to Shah Rukh Khan amid ‘threats’

The decision was taken after a recent high-power committee meeting in which threats and security to the actor was reviewed, they said.

In the Y+ category, Khan will get 11 security personnel, including six commandos, four police personnel and a traffic clearance vehicle. The policemen would be posted at his bungalow Mannat, another police source said.

The security cover will be on a payment basis and will be there until the next high-level committee recommendation and review committee decision.

Following a row over the song Besharam Rang from his film Pathaan, which was released early this year, Paramhans Acharya, an Ayodhya-based seer, had allegedly issued death threats to the actor.

In August this year, security was stepped up outside actor’s bungalow following protests against celebrities endorsing online gaming apps, stressing that such endorsements misguide and corrupt the younger generation.

In 2010 also, his security was increased after he received threats following the release of his film My Name is Khan”.

Khan’s name was also in the news after Narcotics Control Bureau  (NCB) Mumbai zonal head and IRS officer Sameer Wankhede allegedly revealed his WhatsApp chat conversation with Khan pertaining to the release of his son Aryan Khan.

Aryan was arrested during an NCB raid on the Cordelia cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 3, 2021. He was granted bail after 25 days.

On May 27, 2022, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) cleared Aryan, saying he was not part of any larger drug-dealing racket as alleged by Wankhede’s investigation.

In October last year, NCB’s vigilance bureau closely reviewed the probe into the case and stated that Aryan Khan was targeted.

The security of superstar Salman Khan was also upgraded to Y+ category last year after he allegedly received threats from gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.