Mumbai: Santacruz police on Monday arrested a Lucknow resident—also a Bollywood struggler—for allegedly threatening to kill actor Vicky Kaushal if he did not end his marriage with actress Katrina Kaif. Manvinder Singh (28) has reportedly been issuing threats online for the last four months besides stalking Katrina, but started making calls recently.

He was traced to a hotel in Santacruz (W), where he has been staying for the last few months and sending the threat messages to Kaushal.

In his Instagram profile, Singh has mentioned Katrina as his wife and has even posted morphed photos of their “marriage”. He has also posted that Katrina’s sister Isabelle married Kaushal on December 9, 2021, while he tied the knot with Katrina on December 13.

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Mumbai: An FIR was registered on Monday after actor Vicky Kaushal gave a written complaint to police saying he and his wife Katrina Kaif had started receiving calls from the person who had threatened to kill him if he did not end his marriage. “Kaushal said the man told him that he wanted to marry the actress. The actor said the accused had posted several threatening, abusive and vulgar messages on Instagram over the last few months besides stalking and threatening Katrina too,” a police officer said.

In one of the posts tagging Katrina from his Instagram account “kingadityarajput”, Manvinder Singh said he was “planning to give an interview to media channels very soon to clear the air about their marriage”. Besides, his post said, “I told Katrina that I don’t want to see these things on social media platforms. Otherwise, I will do something wrong to my sister-in-law’s (Isabelle) husband Vicky Kaushal. I will kill him if Katrina posts anything on social media platforms again.”

According to a police officer, Singh even posted videos threatening Kaushal with dire consequences. Finally, he began making calls to the couple.

The mobile number that Singh used to make the calls landed him in police net. “We are investigating how and from where he managed to get the personal numbers of the actors. He has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 354 (d) (stalking), 506 (2) (criminal intimidation), and the IT Act section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form),” an officer said.

Singh will be produced before a Mumbai court on Tuesday.

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The Santacruz police have arrested a 30-year-old struggling actor, Manvinder Singh , alias Aditya Rajput, for allegedly threatening Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif and her husband, Vicky Kaushal, over social media. Sources said Singh is in love with Kaif and has confessed to the cops that he wanted to marry her. After she married Kaushal, Singh began to threaten them.

Singh is a resident of Lucknow and has a profile on Instagram as Aditya Rajput. The police said he morphed photos of himself with Kaif and posted them on social media. He also declared that his upcoming movie called ‘Superstar no-1’ with Kaif would soon be released. The police have seized his mobile phone which he used to create the profile. According to the police, Singh has been following Katrina Kaif since she entered the film industry and regularly posted morphed photos of himself with her on social media platforms.

A police officer said, “Kaif married Kaushal on December 9, 2021 and after this, Singh was jealous. He posted an invitation card of ‘his marriage with Kaif’ on December 13, 2021 on Instagram. He also  posted a picture from the ‘wedding ceremony’ with Kaif on December 13, 2021. On Valentine’s day Singh posted an edited photo of himself with Kaif on Instagram, and wrote, ‘Happy Valentine’s Day my love’. He also posted an edited photo with Kaif where he wrote it was a picture from Diwali 2020 when he celebrated with his wife. In every photo he addressed the actress as his wife.”

“Singh is mentally disturbed. All these edited pictures and videos he sent to Kaushal and Kaif. He also wrote to them that he is married to Kaif. He threatened Kaushal to stay away from her or face the consequences,” another police officer said. “After Kaif and Kaushal’s wedding, Singh had posted another photo of her on Instagram and told his followers that her marriage to Kaushal was fake, just to show people and hide their seven year affair,” a police officer further said.

On Sunday evening Kaushal approached the police after he and Kaif started receiving threatening messages alongwith edited photos of Kaif with the accused on social media. Kaushal also told the cops someone has been following him and Kaif for the past few days. The police said Singh had moved to Mumbai recently.

Speaking to mid-day, Senior Inspector Balasaheb Tambe of Santacruz police station said, “We have arrested the accused Manvinder Singh  from Mumbai where he stayed near Kaif and Kaushal’s residence and he will be produced in court tomorrow. The accused is a psycho, obsessed with Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif. We have arrested him under sections IPC 506 (2) (criminal intimidation), 354(D) (stalking) and section 67 of the IT Act.”

Singh also claimed he was doing a movie with Kaif and posted a picture from the ‘shooting’ site