<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Actor Salman Khan has applied for a gun licence after he and his father got a death threat in early June, just days after singer Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead near Punjab's Mansa on May 29.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The actor came to the Mumbai Police headquarters today and met with top cop Vivek Phansalkar for a gun licence, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Salman Khan wants to own a gun to protect himself and his family, they said.</div><div><br></div><div>His visit to the police headquarters was for physical verification before the licensing authority, a mandatory step in applying for a gun licence, sources said.</div><div><br></div><div>Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan had received a threat letter in early June, just days after Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by members of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who had threatened the actor in 2018 too.</div><div><br></div><div>Lawrence Bishnoi's death threat to Salman Khan was linked to the black buck poaching case of 1998, in which the actor was one of the accused.</div><div><br></div><div>The actor's father had found the unsigned letter on a bench where he sits daily after jogging in the morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Lawrence Bishnoi, who had been serving time in Delhi's Tihar Jail, is in Punjab Police custody in connection with the investigation into the murder of Sidhu Moose Wala. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>