Thane, Oct 18 (PTI) A courtroom at Panvel in Maharashtra on Friday remanded a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, arrested for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan, in four-day police custody.
Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, the accused, was arrested from Panipat in Haryana by a Navi Mumbai police workforce two days in the past.
He would even be interrogated in reference to the homicide of NCP chief and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, officers had mentioned.
On April 24 this yr, Navi Mumbai Police registered a case in opposition to 18 recognized and different unidentified members of the Bishnoi gang for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill Salman Khan at his farmhouse at Panvel close to Mumbai.
The event adopted a firing outdoors the actor’s Bandra residence in Mumbai by Bishnoi gang members.
Earlier than Sukhbir, Navi Mumbai Police had arrested Bishnoi gang members Dhananjay alias Ajay Kashyap alias Nahvi, Gaurav Bhatia, Waspi Khan alias Wasim Chikna, Rizwan Khan alias Javed, and Deepak Hawa Singh alias John.
Plot to kill Salman Khan: Bishnoi gang member held from Haryana
The Navi Mumbai police have arrested a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in reference to an alleged plot to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan, an official mentioned on Thursday.
The accused, Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, was apprehended from Panipat in Haryana by a workforce of Panvel City police (in Navi Mumbai) on Wednesday, he mentioned.
He had allegedly given a contract to Bishnoi gang members to kill Khan, the official mentioned.
Sukhbir Singh was in contact along with his alleged handler Dogar, who relies in Pakistan, he mentioned.
Singh together with the Bishnoi gang members had deliberate to make use of weapons from Pakistan, similar to AK-47s, M16s and AK92s, to execute the alleged plot to kill Salman Khan, the official mentioned.
He will probably be produced earlier than a courtroom after being dropped at Navi Mumbai, the police mentioned.
The Navi Mumbai police can even interrogate Sukhbir Singh in reference to the case of homicide of NCP chief and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, the official mentioned.
On April 24 this yr, the Navi Mumbai police registered a case in opposition to 18 recognized accused and others of the Bishnoi gang for hatching a conspiracy to kill Salman Khan, he mentioned.
The event adopted a firing outdoors the actor’s Bandra residence in Mumbai by Bishnoi gang members.
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, his brother Anmol, Sampat Nehra, Goldie Brar and Rohit Godhara had been among the many individuals named as accused within the FIR, the official mentioned.
The Navi Mumbai police had on this case arrested 5 Bishnoi gang members – Dhananjay alias Ajay Kashyap alias Nahvi, Gaurav Bhatia, Waspi Khan alias Wasim Chikna, Rizwan Khan alias Javed, and Deepak Hawa Singh alias John, he mentioned.
After the arrests, police in June claimed to have uncovered a plot to focus on the actor on his method to his farmhouse close to Panvel in Navi Mumbai.
In the course of the investigation, it additionally got here to gentle that Lawrence Bishnoi and Sampat Nehra gangs had deployed round 60 to 70 members to observe Khan’s actions as a part of efforts to conduct recce at his Bandra residence, Panvel farmhouse and movie capturing areas.
The accused individuals had been making an attempt to make use of minors as sharp-shooters, utilizing weapons from Pakistan, the official mentioned.
Khan had instructed police that he believed the Lawrence Bishnoi gang carried out the firing at his residence with the intention to kill him and his relations.
The actor’s assertion is a part of the cost sheet filed by Mumbai police in a courtroom right here in reference to the incident.
Two unidentified individuals tried to trespass into his farmhouse close to Panvel utilizing pretend identities in January 2024, the actor had famous.
In 2022, a risk letter was discovered on a bench reverse his constructing, whereas in March 2023, they acquired an e mail risk from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Khan had instructed police.
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