India, April 25 -- Just a day after the Centre formally advised OTT platform ZEE5 to withhold the release of its upcoming docuseries, Lawrence of Punjab, state director general of police Gaurav Yadav, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, and Balkaur Singh, the father of the late Sidhu Moosewala, received death threats.

The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has also allegedly targeted Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, and Punjab's advocate general, all of whom had opposed the production.

These threats were delivered via foreign WhatsApp numbers, warning the recipients of dire consequences and explicitly threatening their lives, prompting the Punjab Police to launch an immediat...