The gun used for firing at Salman Khan’s Mumbai house was supplied to shooters just a few hours before the incident took place on Sunday morning, sources said on Wednesday.
According to sources, the gun was handed over to the shooters on the night of April 13 (Saturday) in the Bandra area of Mumbai.
The accused, identified as Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21), were flown down to Mumbai from Gujarat’s Bhuj, where they were arrested.
Residents of West Champaran in Bihar, Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal are allegedly involved in firing gunshots outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s house in Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai’s Bandra area on April 14.
They were arrested in a joint operation by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch and West Kutch Police from Gujarat’s Bhuj late on Monday. They are history sheeters and have cases such as theft and chain snatching registered against them.
A preliminary investigation has confirmed their link with Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang. Section 120-B (conspiracy) will be added to the FIR registered in the case. Earlier, a case was registered in the matter under the Arms Act and Attempt to Murder.
The accused had fired four rounds outside Bandra’s Galaxy Apartments, where Salman Khan resides, around 5:00 am on Sunday and fled the spot. According to top sources, the firing was a pre-planned conspiracy. The two miscreants had reportedly rented a house for a month in Navi Mumbai’s Panvel area, approximately 12 km away from Salman Khan’s farmhouse.
They had also conducted a recce of Galaxy apartment four times before carrying out the attack.
Police are investigating to find out if the accused had conspired to carry out some operation at Khan’s farmhouse at Panvel.
Lawrence Bishnoi gang took responsibility for the firing outside Salman Khan’s House, top Mumbai Police sources said and claimed that the attack was carried out by gangster Rohit Godara, who operates Bishnoi’s gang in Rajasthan.
Godara’s name surfaced after gangster Lawrence Bishnoi‘s brother Anmol Bishnoi allegedly took responsibility for the attack in a Facebook post and signed off the post crediting Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang, Goldy Brar, Rohit Godara and Kala Jathari.
Heavy police force was deployed outside the actor’s residence, Galaxy Apartments following the incident. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited Salman Khan and his family on Tuesday and assured them of strict police action in the case.
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