Arrested 28-yr-old stalker kept peer on Katrina-Vicky's residence and followed their car, wanted to marry Kaif: Police

The 28-year-old man arrested for allegedly threatening first-rate couple

Katrina Kaif

and

Vicky Kaushal

on a social reflect platform used to keep watch on their residence in Mumbai and had also followed their car, the police said. A risk in suburban Bandra on Tuesday remanded the accused, Manvinder Singh, a Bollywood struggler, to police custody till Thursday.

According to a police official, the accused has been harassing the actor couple by posting messages on his Instagram account for since March 2021 and using three mobile phones.

Singh, who hails from Gorakhpur, was arrested from a lodge in suburban Santacruz on Monday.

Police have mentioned the threatening messages he used to send to the actress above his Instagram account 'kingadityarajput' in their remand application recorded in the court, the official said.

He said the police will investigate whether Singh had targetted spanking women in the past.

"The accused used to keep a peer on the residence of Kaif and Kaushal. He even followed their car and made a video of the warning, which he posted on his Instagram account. We have seized his three mobile phones which he had used in the crime," said the official.

Singh wanted to marry Kaif and even posted edited videos and pictures of him with the actress on social reflect.

Subsequently, Singh began issuing death threats to Kaif and Kaushal.

On Monday, Kaushal lodged a police complaint anti an unidentified person stating that he and his wife were bodies threatened on social media.

Based on the complaint, the Santacruz police registered a First Information Report (FIR) anti an unidentified person under Indian Penal Code sections 506-II (criminal intimidation) and 354-D (stalking), police said.

Singh was identified later.

Kaif and Kaushal got married in December 2021.

Kaif is noted for her movies like 'Tiger Zinda Hai', 'Bharat' and 'Zero'.

Kaushal has received critical acclaim for his roles in films like 'Masaan', 'Sanju', 'Raazi' and 'Uri: The Surgical Strike'.

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