India, Feb. 14 -- A menacing message was sent through a three-minute audio clip to film star Ranveer Singh and director-producer Rohit Shetty on Friday allegedly by boxer-turned-gangster Hari Chand Jaat alias Harry Boxer. In the clip he is heard threatening Singh and Shetty of "dire consequences" to their teams if the duo failed to "fall in line" and meet his demands.

The threats were issued by Boxer on behalf of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, said officers at Mumbai police's crime branch.

While earlier this week, there were unconfirmed reports of threats to Singh, crime branch sources said on Friday that "the voice (on the fresh clip) appears to be of Harry Boxer, an aide of incarcerated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother An...