India, June 5 -- The police have arrested a 19-year-old BCom student from Assam for allegedly sending a death threat with a ransom demand of Rs.1 crore to rapper Bilal Shaikh, better known by his stage name Emiway Bantai.

The accused, identified as Arulv Rameshkumar Alohi, was arrested following a technical analysis of a threatening message he allegedly sent to the official mobile number of Bantai Records, a label owned by the rapper, on May 25.

The police learnt that the message had been sent from the Sonitpur district of Assam, from where the accused was tracked and brought to Navi Mumbai for further questioning.

"While the arrest has been made, we are probing whether the accused acted independently or was following instructions from...