Overview

• Dilip Choudhary, 45, was detained in North 24 Parganas after police tracked calls, emails and WhatsApp voice notes demanding ₹1 crore.
• He allegedly invoked Goldy Brar and Rohit Godara, with messages escalating to threats to kill Sharma “on live camera,” according to the complaint.
• A Mumbai court remanded him to police custody until September 30 as the Crime Branch seeks voice samples and verifies any underworld ties.
• Sharma’s team reported about seven threatening calls on September 22–23 and demands to send ₹50 lakh to Kolkata and ₹50 lakh in Mumbai.
• Police are examining any link to a recent call to Sharma’s aide claiming Bishnoi-gang ties and assessing context from the shootings at his Surrey cafe.