Another accused, who opened fire outside the Bandra bungalow of Bollywood actor Salman Khan, was arrested from Panipat late on Wednesday night. Mumbai Police and Haryana arrested Sukha from Panipat in a joint operation. He is a sharp shooter of Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Panvel City Police and Haryana Police have caught him from a hotel.
Haryana Police handed him over to Mumbai Police after legal formalities. His arrest has come at a time when Mumbai Police is investigating the Baba Siddiqui murder case.
Had grown beard and hair to escape from police
On April 14 this year, four rounds were fired outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s Galaxy Apartment in Bandra. At around 4.50 am, two unidentified people fired four rounds in the air and ran away after firing. Both the shooters came on bikes.
Mumbai Crime Branch and Gujarat Police team had arrested both of them from Western Kutch but Sukha had absconded. Accused shooter Sukha had also conducted recce of Salman Khan’s farm house in Panvel. He was hiding in Panipat. To escape from the police, he had grown his hair and beard.
Lawrence Bishnoi freed from extortion charges
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has been cleared of extortion charges, but he will continue to be investigated for racketeering. Punjab Police’s SIT has filed a cancellation report in Mohali court to cancel the case registered against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. The investigation team has said that in the case registered in connection with the second TV interview given from Rajasthan jail, there is no evidence that Lawrence Bishnoi had committed extortion. He has also been acquitted of the charge of hiding information from the police during the investigation.
At the same time, after acquitting Lawrence Bishnoi of extortion charges, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia has attacked the Punjab government. He wrote on X that Lawrence Bishnoi is a suspect in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddiqui in Mumbai last week. At the same time, on Monday, Canadian Police had said that Lawrence Bishnoi gang was involved in the murder of pro-Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In such a situation, why was he given a clean chit?