RANCHI (India), Dec 31: Police have beefed up security around India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after he received extortion letters from a man claiming to be an associate of the country’s most wanted gangster.

Police said on Wednesday they had sent more than 45 commandos to Dhoni’s house in his hometown of Ranchi.

The first letter, sent on Monday, threatened Dhoni’s family with dire consequences if the player failed to pay Rs5 million ($102,000), police said.

A second letter on Wednesday threatened to blow up the captain’s family home if police were asked for help.—Reuters