India, May 11 -- Bigg Boss OTT 2 winner and social influencer Elvish Yadav has received an extortion threat of Rs 10 crore from a foreign WhatsApp number, with the sender identifying himself as Randeep Malik, having "close links" with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, police said on Sunday.

Family members of Yadav alleged that the accused threatened to shoot him if he did not pay the money within two days. Police have lodged an FIR based on a complaint filed by Yadav at the Sector 56 police station.

In his complaint, Yadav said he received a WhatsApp call from a foreign number on May 5 but could not answer it at the time. He later received a message on WhatsApp from the same number containing threatening words.

"The sender identified himself ...