India, April 25 -- The investigation into the threatening emails received by former MLA Zeeshan Siddique, son of the late Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, has been transferred to the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch.

The Bandra police registered an FIR after Siddique received three threatening emails over the past weekend. According to sources, preliminary investigations indicate that the sender-claiming affiliation with the Dawood Ibrahim gang-targeted Siddique through his Gmail account.

Following the threats, Mumbai Police deployed security personnel outside Siddique's residence in Bandra. "The contents and source of the emails are being verified. Although the emails were received over two da...