The incident occurred at 8:45 am when Salim, 88, decided to take a brief rest on a bench near the Windermere building on the promenade
As Salim sat alone, a man approached him on a two-wheeler. A burqa-clad woman was seated pillion. The man on the two-wheeler issued a threat, and stated, “Shall I send Lawrence Bishnoi?” before speeding away
The incident comes hours after a youth was arrested for following the convoy of Salim's actor son Salman. Meanwhile, Mumbai Police have questioned a bike owner over the Salman Khan house firing incident, which took place in April
According to the FIR, a 21-year-old had followed Salman from Mehboob Studio to Galaxy Apartments, after which he was apprehended
Salman too had received a death threat last year via a letter, which was also discovered by his father
Two shooters had been arrested in connection with the firing incident outside Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai in April. The accused had conducted a recce around the actor's house three times before the incident
Two motorcycle-borne men fired five rounds outside Galaxy Apartments in Bandra, Salman Khan's residence, in the early hours of April 14. Police, who claimed that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was behind the attack, have arrested six people in the case so far
A 32-year-old man has also been detained for making multiple hoax calls to various police stations in Mumbai, and telling them that a member from the gang of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi is arrived in the city
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