Mumbai: The two men arrested for allegedly opening fire outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai were not aware of the target until the weapons and bullets were delivered to them at his rented house in Panvel. Gone, the police officer said on Wednesday, citing investigation. away.
The alleged shooters, Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, both hailing from Bihar, were arrested from nearby Gujarat within 48 hours of the April 14 shooting incident outside Khan's house at Galaxy Apartment in Bandra. He is in judicial custody till May 27.
During the interrogation of the duo, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch found that Pa and Gupta had been given the shooting task by Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, but they had no idea that they were to be killed by Khan until the delivery. There will be firing on the residence.According to the officer, Pal was recruited into the Lawrence Bishnoi gang through Ankit. Pal and Ankit used to play cricket together and eventually they became friends. Later Ankit added Pal to a WhatsApp group.
After a few days, Ankit tells Pal about a job for which the gang needs another person. The second shooter, Gupta, was then added to the group, he said.Ankit asked both of them to go to Mumbai to complete the work and promised a good amount of money in return. The officer said both the shooters were handled by a person on the instructions of Anmol Bishnoi, who is based abroad. Initially, he said, they were given Rs 30,000 and asked to go to Mumbai in October last year and were arrested near Panvel on the outskirts of Mumbai. Asked to find a rented house, where Kha has a farmhouse.
Pal and Gupta came to the metropolis and stayed here for more than two months, during which they visited various places and went back to their village in Bihar, the officer said, where they spent the money given to them.
In February, the gang again contacted both of them and gave them Rs 40,000 and asked them to take a house on rent to live.He said, this time he came to Panvel, about Rs 60,000 away from Mumbai, and took a house on rent in Harigram area. After a few days, he was asked to buy a motorcycle, for which money was deposited in his bank accounts and he Some cash was also given, the officer said.
Days before the delivery of the weapons, they were asked to survey the 58-year-old actor's Bandra residence and his farmhouse in Panvel. He said, on March 15, two persons, Son Bishnoi and Anuj Thapan, had given him two pistols and 'live' rounds at his rented house and it was then that he was informed about the residence of the target i.e. Khan.
After this Vicky Gupta and Pal talked to Anmol Bishnoi.The officer said that while talking to him, Vicky Gupta recorded the call and made an audio clip, which was sent to his brother Sonu Gupta. He said, Mumbai Police has recorded the statement of Sonu Gupta under section 164 of CrPC.
The statement recorded under the said section is admissible at the stage of trial contrary to the statement made before the police.
Both the shooters were told by a gang member that they would get good money after completing the task. According to the officer, in the early hours of April 14, the two went to Bandra on a motorcycle and fired five rounds outside Khan's residence and fled the city.Both were arrested by the crime branch team from Gujarat, while arms suppliers Anuj Thapan and Sonu Bishnoi were arrested from Punjab. Another gang member Mohammad Rafiq Chaudhary (37), who had provided money to the shooters, was caught from Rajasthan.
On the instructions of Anmol Bishnoi, Choudhary met the shooters in Kurla, a suburb of Mumbai, on 8 March. The officer said Chaudhary told him that Anmol Bishnoi had given him a bigger job than the one given to both of them.
Choudhary conducted recce of Khan's residence several times.He said, on April 12, two days before the shooting incident, he recorded a video and clicked photographs of the actor's residence and sent them to another gang member, who later forwarded them to Anmol Bishnoi. The officer said the police It is investigating whether Choudhary recorded videos and took photographs of the houses of other celebrities.
A total of five people were arrested in connection with the shooting. One of them, Anuj Thapan, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a police lock-up in Mumbai on May 1. Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad, and his younger brother Anmol, who is believed to be Whether he is in the US or Canada, has been named as an accused in the shooting case.
The alleged shooters, Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, both hailing from Bihar, were arrested from nearby Gujarat within 48 hours of the April 14 shooting incident outside Khan's house at Galaxy Apartment in Bandra. He is in judicial custody till May 27.
During the interrogation of the duo, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch found that Pa and Gupta had been given the shooting task by Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, but they had no idea that they were to be killed by Khan until the delivery. There will be firing on the residence.According to the officer, Pal was recruited into the Lawrence Bishnoi gang through Ankit. Pal and Ankit used to play cricket together and eventually they became friends. Later Ankit added Pal to a WhatsApp group.
After a few days, Ankit tells Pal about a job for which the gang needs another person. The second shooter, Gupta, was then added to the group, he said.Ankit asked both of them to go to Mumbai to complete the work and promised a good amount of money in return. The officer said both the shooters were handled by a person on the instructions of Anmol Bishnoi, who is based abroad. Initially, he said, they were given Rs 30,000 and asked to go to Mumbai in October last year and were arrested near Panvel on the outskirts of Mumbai. Asked to find a rented house, where Kha has a farmhouse.
Pal and Gupta came to the metropolis and stayed here for more than two months, during which they visited various places and went back to their village in Bihar, the officer said, where they spent the money given to them.
In February, the gang again contacted both of them and gave them Rs 40,000 and asked them to take a house on rent to live.He said, this time he came to Panvel, about Rs 60,000 away from Mumbai, and took a house on rent in Harigram area. After a few days, he was asked to buy a motorcycle, for which money was deposited in his bank accounts and he Some cash was also given, the officer said.
Days before the delivery of the weapons, they were asked to survey the 58-year-old actor's Bandra residence and his farmhouse in Panvel. He said, on March 15, two persons, Son Bishnoi and Anuj Thapan, had given him two pistols and 'live' rounds at his rented house and it was then that he was informed about the residence of the target i.e. Khan.
After this Vicky Gupta and Pal talked to Anmol Bishnoi.The officer said that while talking to him, Vicky Gupta recorded the call and made an audio clip, which was sent to his brother Sonu Gupta. He said, Mumbai Police has recorded the statement of Sonu Gupta under section 164 of CrPC.
The statement recorded under the said section is admissible at the stage of trial contrary to the statement made before the police.
Both the shooters were told by a gang member that they would get good money after completing the task. According to the officer, in the early hours of April 14, the two went to Bandra on a motorcycle and fired five rounds outside Khan's residence and fled the city.Both were arrested by the crime branch team from Gujarat, while arms suppliers Anuj Thapan and Sonu Bishnoi were arrested from Punjab. Another gang member Mohammad Rafiq Chaudhary (37), who had provided money to the shooters, was caught from Rajasthan.
On the instructions of Anmol Bishnoi, Choudhary met the shooters in Kurla, a suburb of Mumbai, on 8 March. The officer said Chaudhary told him that Anmol Bishnoi had given him a bigger job than the one given to both of them.
Choudhary conducted recce of Khan's residence several times.He said, on April 12, two days before the shooting incident, he recorded a video and clicked photographs of the actor's residence and sent them to another gang member, who later forwarded them to Anmol Bishnoi. The officer said the police It is investigating whether Choudhary recorded videos and took photographs of the houses of other celebrities.
A total of five people were arrested in connection with the shooting. One of them, Anuj Thapan, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a police lock-up in Mumbai on May 1. Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad, and his younger brother Anmol, who is believed to be Whether he is in the US or Canada, has been named as an accused in the shooting case.
