Mumbai: Three unidentified men on Sunday entered filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's house in Bandra and inquired about him.
His son, Rahul and his wife were present in the house when the men — armed with knives — entered the house. Soon after the incident, Rahul rushed to the police station.
Bhatt, who is presently Singapore, said that he was clueless about the reason behind the incident and denies any underworld hand.
Although the intruders didn't threaten anyone's life, they roughed up the guards on their way in.
Bhatt clearly stated that there was "no demand for money".
Police said the modus operandi of flashing knives is unlike the means employed by the underworld and hence rules out its involvement. It is perhaps the work of local goons meaning to frighten the Bhatt family, police added. Sketches of the suspects are being made.
Bhatt's daughter Pooja Bhatt is presently in Goa for IFFI.
On June 14, an unidentified gunman had entered the premises of Bhatt's office. Small time gangster Ravi Pujari had later claimed responsibility for the incident.
"I have been asked by my family and friends after what happened, to tone down and be less vociferous about my work with the minority community, but I refuse to do so," Bhatt had said after the incident. "If this attack was intended to plant the seeds of fear in me it has failed," Bhatt added.
The filmmaker said that he had been told that this attack may also have occurred because some people wanted him to distance himself from the minority community.
Though work went on as usual at the office where the incident had taken place, a group of policemen kept a close watch over every visitor.
Bollywood-Underworld Nexus |
 In 2005 Salman Khan's nexus with the underworld was questioned when transcripts of his alleged conversation with Aishwarya Rai were released, wherein Khan flaunted his links with Dawood Ibrahim. |
| In January 2003 diamond merchant Bharat Shah was arrested for being involved in the transfer of underworld money to finance the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. Preity Zinta became the "hero" of the case when she stood by her recorded statement of having received threat calls, while other actors turned hostile. |
| In 2001 Mahesh Manjrekar was questioned for his film Vaastav, which was reportedly financed by Chhota Rajan's brother. |
| In 2000, soon after the release of his film, Kaho Naa Pyar Hai, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan was fired at by assassins but he managed to flee. The attack was reportedly the handiwork of Abu Salem to scare Roshan into surrendering the overseas rights of the film. |
| In 1997 T-series Gulshan Kumar, was shot dead by the members of the Abu Salem gang. Music composer Nadeem Khan was allegedly involved in the murder. |
| In the same year, filmmaker Rajiv Rai was attacked by five gangsters for allegedly refusing to give away overseas rights of his film Gupt. Following the incident, Rai shifted base to London. |
| In 1993, actor Sanjay Dutt was arrested for possessing an illegal AK-47 rifle and for having links with the underworld. In 2002, the Mumbai police tapped into the actor's conversation with gangster Chhota Shakeel. |
| Actor Sanjay Dutt's alleged conversation with Chotta Shakeel which was recorded by the Mumbai Police has references to the actor having bought a T-shirt for him from Dubai. |
| A few months ago audio visual footage (approximately 10 to 15 years old) of Govinda with the members of D-company was aired on TV. The actor maintained that he had no links with the mob. |
| Upcoming starlets like Mandakini and Monica Bedi have been known to have close associations with Dawood Ibrahim and Abu Salem respectively. |
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