Bollywood: Salman Khan issued gun licence for self-protection

Bollywood star Salman Khan has been issued an arms licence after he applied for it citing self-protection purposes, in light of threat letters that he received recently.

Salman had received a death threat from gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's gang, following which he met the Mumbai Police chief Vivek Phansalkar.

There have been reports that Salman has upgraded to an armoured and bulletproof Land Cruiser ever since the threats.

Salman, and his father Salim Khan, had received a death threat on June 5, days after Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29— a day after his security was withdrawn by the Punjab Police, among 424 others. Salim's security team found the letter outside their Mumbai home near the Bandra Bandstand promenade, where he would often go for his morning jog.

The letter, written in Hindi, said that both Salim and Salman would soon meet the same fate as slain singer Sidhu Moose Wala, said police sources on condition of anonymity.