India, May 28 -- Popular rapper Muhammad Bilal Shaikh, better known by his stage name Emiway Bantai, has received a death threat with a ransom demand of Rs.1 crore from a person who identified himself as Goldy Brar, a Canada-based close associate of incarcerated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, according to the police. The threat message sent to the rapper also mentioned the name of US-based Rohit Godara, another close associate of the gangster, officers said.

A mobile number registered with Shaikh's company Bantai Records received the message on May 25. The rapper, who lives in Nerul, filed a complaint at the NRI Coastal police station early Tuesday through an employee of Bantai Records who spotted the message. The message stated, "I am gangs...