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MUMBAI: The city police have detained two persons who had sold the second-hand bike to the alleged shooters who fired a few rounds on Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s house in Bandra early Sunday morning.
Due to the sensitivity of the threat and the second such attempt to kill Khan, the government has transferred the case to the city crime branch.
Last year three persons were apprehended for trying to sneak into Khan’s Panvel farmhouse.
The Bandra police which had registered the attempt to murder case on Monday handed over the case to unit 9, though the local police are doing a parellel investigation.
On Sunday at around 5 am, two men on a motorcycle fired four rounds outside Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai’s Bandra, where the actor resides, and fled from the spot. CCTV installed in the area caught the individuals sporting caps and carrying backpacks. Additionally, the footage showed them firing towards the actor’s residence. One of the suspects donned a white t-shirt paired with a black jacket and denim pants, while the other was attired in a red t-shirt with denim pants. During the Prima facie investigation of the cctv police track down the abondoned motorcycle and its owner to Panvel . Police summoned the bike owner and his friend who had sold the bike to the alleged shoooters .
“ The buyers have not transferred the bike and had just done the dealing in cash. We are questioning the he bike owner who claimed to innocent and sold the bike to one person on Thursday. He does not have his details and the mobile number is found to be switched off. It appears that the conspiracy was meticulously planned and their sole intention was to send a fear and that is why they have fired early morning when the security was lapsed “ said a source.
Sources said the prime facie the plan to attack on khan was hatched in the United States on behest of Bishnoi gang.
Due to the sensitivity of the threat and the second such attempt to kill Khan, the government has transferred the case to the city crime branch.
Last year three persons were apprehended for trying to sneak into Khan’s Panvel farmhouse.
The Bandra police which had registered the attempt to murder case on Monday handed over the case to unit 9, though the local police are doing a parellel investigation.
On Sunday at around 5 am, two men on a motorcycle fired four rounds outside Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai’s Bandra, where the actor resides, and fled from the spot. CCTV installed in the area caught the individuals sporting caps and carrying backpacks. Additionally, the footage showed them firing towards the actor’s residence. One of the suspects donned a white t-shirt paired with a black jacket and denim pants, while the other was attired in a red t-shirt with denim pants. During the Prima facie investigation of the cctv police track down the abondoned motorcycle and its owner to Panvel . Police summoned the bike owner and his friend who had sold the bike to the alleged shoooters .
“ The buyers have not transferred the bike and had just done the dealing in cash. We are questioning the he bike owner who claimed to innocent and sold the bike to one person on Thursday. He does not have his details and the mobile number is found to be switched off. It appears that the conspiracy was meticulously planned and their sole intention was to send a fear and that is why they have fired early morning when the security was lapsed “ said a source.
Sources said the prime facie the plan to attack on khan was hatched in the United States on behest of Bishnoi gang.
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