MEERUT, Aug. 3 -- A businessman known for running the popular Hashmi Dawakhana in Amroha has approached police after receiving death threats and a Rs.2 crore extortion demand allegedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

Sirajuddin Hashmi, chairman of the Hashmi Group, along with his son Burhanuddin and other family members, received three threatening calls and a series of WhatsApp messages between July 30 and August 1, reportedly from a Portugal-based number. The caller, identifying himself as Rahul, allegedly the younger brother of Rohit Godara, a key associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, demanded Rs.2 crore and issued threats to the Hashmi family.

The family, residing in Mohalla Qazizada, has since limited movement outside their h...