Swara Bhasker recently received a death threat in a letter, following which Mumbai Police has launched an investigation, an official said on Wednesday. The letter was sent to the actress’ residence located in Versova, and Swara approached the Versova police station two days back to lodge a complaint against unidentified persons, an official said.

“Based on the complaint, we have registered a non-cognizable offence against unidentified persons,” the official was quoted as saying by a news agency.

Just days after Sidhu Moosewala’s murder, Salman Khan and Salim Khan had also received a threat letter, and the Bandra Police registered a case under Section 506-II (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code against the unidentified person.

Bigg Boss 10 contestant Manu Punjabi too said this week that he had received an extortion email, demanding ₹Rs. 0 lakh, from someone claiming to be from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The Jaipur Police traced the email’s IP address to a man in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, who was taken into police custody.

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Actor Swara Bhasker has received a death threat in an anonymous letter, following which the Mumbai Police has launched an investigation in the matter.

According to a report, the threat letter was sent to Bhasker’s residence located in Versova, Mumbai. After receiving the letter, she approached Versova Police Station earlier in the week and lodged a complaint against unidentified persons.

“Based on the complaint, we have registered a non-cognizable offence against unidentified persons,” a police official said, adding that a probe is underway.

The report states that the threat was sent to Bhasker for allegedly insulting politician and activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar. The letter, written in Hindi, mentions that the youth of the country will not tolerate the insult of Veer Savarkar.

Bhasker isn’t the first Bollywood celebrity to have received such a threat in recent times. Just days after the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala, actor Salman Khan and his father, writer Salim Khan, had also received a death threat. A letter was found outside their Mumbai home near the Bandra Bandstand promenade, where Salim goes for his routine morning jog. “Moosewala jaisa kar dunga,” the letter read.

According to the Maharashtra Home Department, the reason behind sending the letter was to threaten the actor and a show of power: “The gang was preparing to extort money from big businessmen and actors.”