India, Nov. 7 -- Vaibhav Chandra Mishra, a 30-year-old unemployed engineer who allegedly sent extortion threats to several Bollywood actors including Ayushmann Khurrana and Tusshar Kapoor while posing as an associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was on Friday remanded in police custody till November 10.

The Mumbai police crime branch told the court that they had recovered Mishra's electronic devices including his mobile phone and were examining if he was linked to any gang, how many actors he had sent extortion threats to, and how he had found the mobile numbers of the actors.

Mishra had allegedly sent an audio clip in the name of alleged Bishnoi gang operative Harry Boxer to Tushar Kapoor last week, seeking a ransom of Rs.5 crore. He ...