The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested Vaibhav Mishra, a 30-year-old IIT graduate from Bengaluru, for allegedly threatening actor Ayushmann Khurrana through Instagram messages and attempting to extort money from him. He was reportedly sending threatening audio messages to everyone in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi, pretending to be a member of their gang.

Mumbai Police arrests Bengaluru engineer in Ayushmann Khurrana extortion case

“After the information was reported by the actors, we started tracing the sender through his online profile and using technical details, we succeeded in reaching him. We have just taken him into custody,” said a police officer, as reported by Hindustan Times.