Bike-borne men who fired outside Salman Khan’s Mumbai home arrested in Gujarat

The Mumbai crime branch arrested two accused involved in the firing incident at Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence from Bhuj in Gujarat on Monday.

The accused were identified as Vicky Sahab Gupta, 24, and Sagar Shrijogendra Pal, 21, from Masihi in West Champaran district of Bihar.

According to sources, police located both the accused, who were involved in the firing incident outside Salman Khan’s house in Mumbai’s Bandra on Sunday, in Bhuj district in Gujarat, and they will be brought to Mumbai on Tuesday morning.

Two bike-borne men had fired four rounds outside the Galaxy Apartments in Bandra at around 5 am on Sunday and had fled from the spot. Police had said that Salman Khan was present at his house when the firing occurred. No one was injured or died in the incident.

Officials found that after firing, the accused had abandoned their bike near a church, walked some distance and took an autorickshaw to Bandra railway station. They then boarded a train to Santacruz station, and hired another auto-rickshaw to go further.

Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, had claimed responsibility for the incident in a social media post.

Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and wanted gangster Goldie Brar have announced several times to kill Salman Khan. According to sources, Bishnoi and Brar had sent their shooters to Mumbai to kill the actor.

Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang has been targeting Salman Khan allegedly due to the 1998 blackbuck hunting incident. Blackbucks are considered sacred by the Bishnoi community.