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The Bareilly police have formed six teams to nab the shooters who allegedly opened fire outside the residence of Bollywood actress Disha Patani. The police have also accessed CCTV footage in which two men can be seen going towards the house.
The police have found out that the shooters used 9mm pistols to shoot multiple rounds outside the residence located in the Civil Lines area of the city. The incident occurred on Friday at 3.30 am.
Hours after the firing, a purported social media post surfaced in which fugitive gangsters, Goldy Brar and Rohit Godara, claimed responsibility for the attack. They stated that the firing was in retaliation for an alleged “insult” directed at spiritual gurus Premanand Ji Maharaj and Anirudh Acharya Ji Maharaj by Disha’s sister, Khushboo.
“A case under relevant sections has been registered at Kotwali police station and six different teams are working to nab the alleged attackers,” Bareilly Senior Superintendent of Police, Anurag Arya, said on Saturday.
Sources said two back-to-back firing incidents have taken place in two days outside the house.
On this, Arya said neighbours revealed they heard shots being fired a day earlier outside Patani’s residence but this was being verified.
Sources said Khushboo, along with her parents and other family members, lives in the house, while Disha lives in Mumbai. Their father, Jagdish Patani, is a retired UP police officer.
“At the time of the firing, the family members were asleep. The shooters fired around 10-12 rounds before fleeing,” sources said.
Arya said they have collected CCTV footage and one of the six teams has been tasked with identifying the shooters using it.
“We have also collected bullet shells from the spot,” he said.
Footage from one of the CCTV cameras shows two men on a motorcycle going towards Patani’s house and immediately returning from the same lane.
Arya further said the family has not revealed if they’ve received any extortion call or message but they are probing the case from all possible angles.
Khushboo, a former Major in the Indian Army, found herself at the centre of a controversy last month after she responded to a video by Anirudh Acharya ji Maharaj, where he purportedly made remarks against women.
Later, Khushboo faced trolling and received hate messages on social media. Some users misinterpreted her comment, mistakenly believing it was directed at Premanand Ji Maharaj.
In response, she had issued a clarification on Instagram and posted a video stating that her remarks were not aimed at Premanand Ji Maharaj. In the caption, she wrote: “Fake news against me! Deliberate effort to defame me! (sic)”
Following the controversy, a social media post was allegedly shared in August by the Godara gang, stating that those who insulted Premanand Ji Maharaj would face consequences soon.
Brar, alias Satinderjeet Singh, is suspected to be hiding in the US, and Godara in the UK. Both gangsters are wanted by the National Investigation Agency and many state police departments in the country.
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