2 accused involved in shooting outside Salman Khan’s house arrested from Gujarat’s Bhuj

Lakhmi Gautam, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), said the men had fled to Surat from Mumbai from where they went to Bhuj and lay low. “They are being brought to the city where they will be produced before the court. We will be interrogating the accused to find out who gave them the contract for the firing,” added Gautam.

Sources said the two men were likely working at the behest of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Soon after the firing incident, Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of Lawrence who is currently in jail, claimed responsibility for the attack.

The firing outside Salman Khan’s residence Galaxy in Bandra had taken place early on Sunday when the two accused came on a bike and fired five rounds. One of the bullets landed on the balcony of the actor’s residence.

According to the police, after Gupta and Pal fired five rounds outside Salman Khan’s residence, they left their bike and headed to Bandra Railway Station. They took a train from Santacruz and hired an autorickshaw to Mira Road. From Mira Road, they went to Surat and then took a train to Bhuj where the Crime Branch arrested them.

Bullet marks at Salman Khan’s building. (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

An FIR had been registered at the Bandra Police Station.

The Bishnoi gang has in the past sent two threats to the actor who has been accused of killing a blackbuck in Rajasthan while shooting a movie in 1998. Blackbuck is considered sacred by the Bishnoi community which had filed a complaint against the actor soon after the incident.