New Delhi: Top Bollywood financier and diamond merchant Bharat Shah has filed a police complaint claiming he had received threatening calls from a Dubai-based person.
He has named some people specifically in the report, which was filed at the Malabar Hill police station.
According to news agency PTI, a man named Shetty had allegedly called up Shah saying he would "wipe out" the financier and his family.
A senior Crime Branch official ruled out the involvement of the underworld in the threats, saying the calls were believed to be the outcome of some property dispute.
Shah was quoted on PTI as saying that the caller told him, "You should realise that I am calling as it is an urgent matter. And it will not be good for you if you do not stay out of the property or take action regarding it.
Shah himself has been on the wrong side of the law for various reasons. In 2003, the police blew the cap on Bharat Shah, who was convicted of financing his films using the underworld money.
The producer of the film, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Naseem Rizvi was also convicted. The bold testimony of actor Preity Zinta established the dirty nexus.
(With inputs from PTI)
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