The security has been beefed at Amitabh’s residence in Andheri in the wake of anonymous threat calls. Mumbai police said it had also received information that thespian Dilip Kumar and actress Hema Malini might also be kidnapped by Veerapan
Amitabh Bachchan had written a letter to Home Minister L K Advani stating that he had received threatening calls on his residential number as well as on his mobile phone. In his letter, Bachchan has expressed fears that he might be kidnapped in the same fashion as Kannada superstar Dr Rajakumar, who had had been abducted and held hostage along with three others by forest brigand Veerappan.
Bachchan had also voiced concern over the safety of his son Abhishek, who had recently joined films, and his wife Jaya, who had resumed her acting career
The sources said armed guards have been posted at his Bombay residence and also at his house in Delhi.
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