Mumbai: An accused from Haryana has been detained in the firing case outside Galaxy Apartment, the house of Bollywood actor Salman Khan. In this regard, an officer said that the suspect is related to one of the two arrested accused and he was in constant touch before and after the incident. He said that the detained person is suspected of taking instructions from Anmol Bishnoi, younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Police sources also say that Rs 4 lakh was offered to the shooters to carry out this firing incident.
Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, arrested for firing at Salman Khan’s residence in Bandra area on Sunday, were giving detailed information about their activities to the detained suspect and the calls were made through the internet, the officer said. . He said that after the incident, Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta fled from Mumbai towards Bhuj and near Surat they changed the SIM card of the mobile phone which they were using for communication.
According to officials, during technical surveillance it came to notice that they used to repeatedly switch off their mobile phones to confuse the police. But the number he called was always the same. The officer said the suspect was brought to Mumbai after being caught in Haryana. He said that he is being interrogated but he has not been arrested yet in the case.
According to police sources, both Sagar Pal and his partner Vicky Gupta were allegedly offered ₹4 lakh to carry out the shooting, of which ₹1 lakh was given as advance. Police claimed that both of them were promised to pay the remaining money after the work was completed. Mumbai Crime Branch officials said that its objective was not to kill Salman Khan but to scare him.
Mumbai Crime Branch sources said that Anmol Bishnoi’s aim was only to create fear by getting the shooters to fire, there was no intention to kill Salman. In this case, the Crime Branch has also recorded the statements of the families of both the shooters. Crime Branch says that Samlan Khan’s statement will also be recorded in this firing case. The crime branch will record the statement of Salman Khan as a witness. Let us tell you that on April 13, there was a firing incident outside Salman Khan’s Galaxy apartment.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 18, 2024, 08:05 IST