LUCKNOW, May 31 -- Eight years after he allegedly posed as an underworld operative to threaten actor Salman Khan's family in a bid to foray into Bollywood, Mohammad Shahrukh alias Shera Khan is back in the spotlight. The Prayagraj-based history-sheeter was recently arrested by Lucknow police in connection with a chain-snatching case.

Shera, 34, an accused from Prayagraj carrying a reward of Rs.25,000 on his arrest, was apprehended by the Ghazipur police station team in connection with a chain-snatching incident reported in the Indira Nagar area on May 6, officials said on Saturday.

The case came to light after Vinay Gupta, a resident of Sector 22 in Indira Nagar, lodged a complaint alleging that two unidentified motorcycle-borne men had...