Mumbai, Nov. 12 -- Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar has assured the Bollywood fraternity of their safety amid growing incidents of attacks and persistent threat calls targeting several personalities from the film industry.

Addressing the issue in a press conference on Thursday, Shelar stated that the Mumbai Police is actively working to trace the origins of these calls, particularly those generated using artificial intelligence (AI), and distinguish between empty threats and genuine security concerns.

"The Mumbai Police is capable, and the police systems have worked on it. We need to figure out where these AI-generated calls are coming from, whether it is just empty talk, and where the real issues are, and then we need to catch the cu...