Gurugram, May 11 -- Social-media personality Elvish Yadav has allegedly received a Rs.10 crore extortion threat from an unidentified caller claiming links to a jailed-gangster, police said on Saturday.

According to police, Yadav received a WhatsApp call from an international number on May 5, which he could not answer. He later received a WhatsApp message from the same number demanding Rs.10 crore and threatening that he would be shot if the amount was not paid within two days, Yadav's father told HT.

Police said the same message was also sent to Yadav's father at 2.50pm the same day. Following this, Yadav's father contacted Sector 56 police station and informed officials about the threat.

An FIR has been registered under Sections 308(5...