Punjabi singer Mankirt Aulakh receives WhatsApp death threat from Italian number attributed to Davinder Bambiha gang, threatening family members

Summary

Punjabi singer Mankirt Aulakh received a death threat via WhatsApp on August 21, 2025, sent from a foreign number registered in Italy. The message, attributed to the Davinder Bambiha Group gang, threatened Aulakh and his family members by name: 'Get ready, son, your time has come. Whether it's your wife or your child, it doesn't matter to us.' Aulakh immediately reported the threat to Punjab Police and received police protection. The Bambiha gang had previously threatened him via Facebook in 2022. The case was the second notable threat incident in a pattern of organised criminal intimidation of the singer via social media platforms.