Mumbai Police have issued a gun licence to Bollywood actor Salman Khan who had applied for the same citing a death threat from gangsters, an official said on Monday.

Police had increased the security of the actor after he allegedly received a death threat from Lawrence Bishnoi and the Goldie Brar gang, which claimed responsibility of the attack on murdered Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.

Salman recently met with Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Vishwas Nangre Patil.

Based on Salman's application, the police have issued a gun licence to him, the official said.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered in June after Salman and his father Salim Khan received an anonymous letter threatening to kill them.

A team of Mumbai Police had interrogated Bishnoi in Delhi in connection with the case, the official added.