India, June 28 -- The Pimpri Chinchwad police registered a case on Friday after a 34-year-old entrepreneur from Wakad alleged that she and her husband, who is based in Dubai, received WhatsApp calls from a man claiming to be an aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, demanding Rs.5 crore and threatening to kill their family if the money was not paid.

According to the FIR lodged at the Wakad police station, the woman, who runs a cloud kitchen business and resides in the upscale Park Street Residential Complex, received a WhatsApp call from an international number on Thursday. The caller identified himself as Arzoo Bishnoi and claimed to be an associate of Lawrence Bishnoi. He allegedly threatened to eliminate the woman and her family if...