Who is Rohit Godara, suspected of plotting firing outside Salman Khan’s house?

Godara is a close associate of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and handles all the operations of the gang from the UK. “With the help of the authority concerned, the NIA wants to deport him from the UK as they have assured them of easier deportation,” a source said.

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

Godara fled to Dubai from Delhi with a fake passport. “Lawrence Bishnoi during questioning told the NIA that he has a ‘business model’ involving alliances with jailed gangsters from Uttar Pradesh (Dhanajay Singh), Haryana (Kala Jatheri), Rajasthan (Rohit Godara) and Delhi (Rohit Moi and Hashim Baba). In this alliance business model, they take contracts for toll security and share percentage. Also, if they want to eliminate their rival, they provide shooters, along with weapons, to each other,” a source said.

Bishnoi during his questioning also claimed that he had Khan in his crosshairs over the 1998 case of poaching of two black bucks, which is considered sacred by the Bishnoi community.

CCTV grab of the 2 suspects at Bandra station. One of them (in red shirt) has been identified as Vishal.

A source said one of the two shooters, Vishal alias Kalu, was allegedly involved in the murder of a Gurgaon-based bookie, Sachin, on March 2. “Sachin was gunned down in Rohtak. After the incident, Godara took responsibility for the murder,” the source said.

Godara is a resident of Bikaner and is named in more than 35 criminal cases, including murder and extortion.