India, Oct. 19 -- The attack on Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai has brought back focus on the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and its links to previous such incidents involving those from the worlds of politics and entertainment.

A social media post after the attack on Shroff, who escaped unhurt in the Sunday incident in Juhu, threatened people working with Salman Khan. It was made from an account allegedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, though police have not confirmed the group's involvement in the assassination attempt.

In 1998, Bollywood actor Salman Khan was accused of illegally hunting two endangered blackbucks in Rajasthan; he would be convicted in the case two decades later.

After the incident, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang issu...