The 59-year-old could earlier be seen cycling around the city unhindered by his security team.
His security concerns escalated in 2018 when incarcerated gangster Bishnoi openly threatened to kill him during a court appearance in Jodhpur over the actor’s involvement in the infamous 1998 blackbuck poaching case. Since then, Khan has faced multiple threats. In April 2024, two shooters, allegedly from the Bishnoi gang, fired gunshots outside his Bandra residence before being arrested.
After this, security was enhanced with bulletproof glass protecting his balcony and CCTV cameras keeping watch on the road outside. Two months later, Navi Mumbai Police claimed to have discovered a plot to kill the actor when he travelled to his farmhouse at Panvel near Mumbai.
Asked about the elaborate security around him, Khan said, “You guys are sweet; that’s why they are sweet to you. I don’t wish for them to be sweet with those people who are not sweet.” “It’s not when I’m with the press, but when I’m without the press. This (security) cramps my style,” Khan said in the interaction ahead of the release of his film “Sikander” this Sunday.
