Two males allegedly fired exterior 58-year-old Khan’s home on the Galaxy Residence in Bandra space of Mumbai on April 14 after which fled the spot on a motorcycle.
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Senior police inspector Daya Nayak, often called ’encounter specialist’, was additionally with the Mumbai crime department workforce which was looking for the weapon within the Tapi river water right here with the assistance of native divers and fishermen, an official mentioned
A Mumbai crime department workforce on Monday launched a search within the Tapi river in Gujarat’s Surat metropolis to recuperate the pistol utilized by two males for allegedly firing exterior Bollywood celebrity Salman Khan’s residence, police mentioned.
The 2 arrested males – Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21) – instructed the police throughout interrogation that they threw the weapon into the Tapi river right here from a railway bridge after they had been fleeing in direction of Bhuj in a prepare after arriving in Surat by highway from Mumbai following the firing incident, in keeping with sources.
The duo allegedly fired exterior 58-year-old Khan’s home on the Galaxy Residence in Bandra space of Mumbai on April 14 after which fled the spot on a motorcycle.
Primarily based on the technical surveillance, they had been apprehended on April 16 from a temple premises at Mata No Madh close to Bhuj city in Gujarat by joint groups of the Mumbai and Kutch police.
They had been subsequently handed over to the Mumbai police for additional investigation.
”A workforce of Mumbai police has come to Surat to recuperate the gun utilized by two males for firing at Salman Khan’s residence there. Our groups are helping the Mumbai police in recovering the weapon,” Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot instructed PTI.
Senior police inspector Daya Nayak, often called ’encounter specialist’, was additionally with the Mumbai crime department workforce which was looking for the weapon within the Tapi river water right here with the assistance of native divers and fishermen, one other official mentioned.
As per the investigation, Gupta and Pal had reached Surat by highway after firing at Khan’s home in Mumbai on April 14.
They then boarded a Bhuj-bound prepare from Surat railway station. They disposed of the pistol within the Tapi river when the prepare was passing from a bridge within the metropolis.
Prima facie, the duo’s primary goal behind firing exterior Khan’s residence was to create ”terror”, police had mentioned.
The Mumbai police have declared jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his youthful brother Anmol Bishnoi as ”needed accused” in reference to the incident.
Gupta and Pal had been allegedly receiving directions from the 2 Bishnoi brothers, the Mumbai police have mentioned.
Whereas Lawrence Bishnoi is lodged within the Sabarmati central jail in Gujarat in one other case, his brother is believed to be in Canada or the US, an official earlier mentioned.
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