Charges framed in Salman Khan house firing case

On April 14, 2024, shots were fired by two bike-borne men outside the home of Khan’s Bandra residence Galaxy Apartments. The police had arrested Gupta and Pal, who were claimed to be the men on the bike. The others had roles including conducting a recce near the home, taking videos outside it and forwarding them to the other accused. One more arrested person Anujkumar Thapa had died allegedly by suicide while in police lock-up in May 2024.

Special Judge Mahesh K Jadhav framed charges against the accused. The police claim that the men were working on the instructions of Lawrence, as part of the crime syndicate headed by him, to create terror in the minds of the citizens of Mumbai for establishing the gang’s supremacy to later seek pecuniary gains. Lawrence is currently lodged in a jail in Sabarmati, Gujarat, while Anmol was brought to India from the United States last week and is currently in custody of the National Investigation Agency.

The bail pleas of the arrested accused were previously rejected by the special court and they remain in custody. The police had claimed that they had been given instructions by Anmol over the phone on how to carry out the firing.