The man who threatened to kill Alia Bhatt granted bail!

It was only a few weeks back that director Mahesh Bhatt received an extortion call that threatened to kill his wife, Soni Razdan, and daughter, Alia Bhatt. While Mahesh Bhatt earlier brushed it off as a prank call, the frequency of calls increased and so did the threats. Exasperated, Mahesh Bhatt had then lodged a complaint at the anti-extortion branch in Mumbai.

Post that it was only within a matter of 12 hours that Sandeep Sahu was arrested by the Special Task Force (UP) under the charges of section 387 and 506. Once arrested, Sandeep confessed having to planned the whole thing to extract money from Mahesh, as he wanted to repay a loan of Rs 6 lakhs that he had taken from his relatives. While making the calls Sandeep had posed as Babloo Srivastava and threatened to kill Soni and Alia if Rs 50 lakh were not transferred to his bank account.

And now according to reports, Sandeep is all set to be granted a bail for Rs 20,000. Talking to a leading daily Sandeep's lawyer Sudha Dwivedi said, "For this section of extortion to be applicable, there should be some transfer of valuable security or money, grievous hurt or injury. However, there is no such thing in the present case. The police in their overzealousness have booked him for a graver offence."

However, the chief metropolitan magistrate added that Sandeep's release will not affect the investigation, and Sandeep will have to visit the police station every Sunday between 2-4 pm.