Threat emails to Zeeshan Siddique: prankster held at Mumbai airport on return from Trinidad and Tobago

Naved had gone to the Caribbean island nation to work at his uncle’s shop there, a senior officer revealed. “He saw some videos on social media regarding the murder of Baba Siddique. As a prank, he sent several emails to Zeeshan Siddique, threatening him. Naved thought that since he was so far away, law enforcement agencies would not apprehend him,” the senior officer said.

Baba Siddique was shot dead by members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang on October 12 last year. Officers said that the email threats were sent to Zeeshan’s official email ID on April 19 this year, followed by several more over the next two days. The sender allegedly demanded Rs 10 crore and mentioned the Dawood Ibrahim gang.

Investigators said the accused probably believed that he might earn some money in this manner. Subsequently, Zeeshan filed a complaint at the Bandra police station.

Last year, threat emails sent to actor Salman Khan were found to have originated in the United Kingdom. In that case, the police allegedly found that the accused was an Indian student who had gone to the UK to study and sent the email as a prank, following which a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him. The person will be arrested when he lands in India.

The officer said that people based abroad, especially those of Indian origin, feel that if they send a threatening email from another country, they will not land in trouble. “That is, however, not true. We take proper legal action to ensure that whenever such a person tries to move out of that country, they are detained at the airport,” he added.