Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa who lodged a fresh complaint against Karan Johar over the viral 2019 party video alleging that drugs were consumed at the party, has now revealed that he has received a threatening call. The politician took to Twitter on Monday to share a video of himself revealing details of the threat. Sirsa tweeted, "I got a call from Pakistan in which the caller threatened me to withdraw the complaint against Bollywood or I might have to face serious consequences if I don’t do as they desire." Speaking in the video, Sirsa says that he received a call from a certain person named Mohammed Waseem from Pakistan who told him to take back the case against Karan Johar.
When Sirsa asked further, the caller said, "Bhai Ne Bola Hai Bollywood Wala Masla Band Karo". The politician further prodded and asked who is Bhai. To this, the caller replied, "Tum Bhai ko nahi jaante? Bhai ko to pura desh Jaanta hai. Ye Pange lena band karo warna sabko nibta denge” (You don't know Bhai? The entire country knows Bhai. Stop waging a war). Sirsa further tweeted saying he kept asking who is 'Bhai' and the caller then said, "Chup Chap ye Bollywood wali Nautanki band kar. Case wapas Le warna tereko Thokenge!” (Stop this Bollywood drama. Take back the case or we'll shoot you). The called not just issued threats to Sirsa but his entire family as well. The SAD leader filed a complaint against Karan Johar and those present at the filmmaker's party which involves Deepika Padukone, Shakun Batra, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Zoya Akhtar, Vicky Kaushal, Ayan Mukerji and Ranbir Kapoor among others. The NCB had taken cognisance of KJo's video and even sent it for forensic testing. As per reports, the video is authentic and has not been tampered with.