Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar assured Bollywood of its safety amid rising attacks and AI-generated threat calls. He said Mumbai Police is tracing the calls, identifying genuine threats and tracking culprits. His remarks came weeks after gunmen allegedly opened fire at actor Tiger Shroff's car in Juhu, injuring his driver.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar has assured the Bollywood fraternity of their safety amid growing incidents of attacks and persistent threat calls targeting several personalities from the film industry.

Addressing the issue in a press conference on Thursday, Shelar stated that the Mumbai Police is actively working to trace the origins of these calls, particularly those generated using artificial intelligence (AI), and distinguish between empty threats and genuine security concerns.

"The Mumbai Police is capable, and the police systems have worked on it. We need to figure out where these AI-generated calls are coming from, whether it is just empty talk, and where the real issues are, and then we need to catch the culprits. Bollywood is completely safe right now; the Maharashtra government assures. The government also expects this from the Mumbai Police, and they are actually doing their work," Shelar said.

Urging citizens not to be scared, the Maharashtra Minister added, "Yahan darna mana hai, this is all I can say."