May 01, 2024 03:55 PM IST
Salman Khan house firing: Anuj Thapan, who was arrested for allegedly supplying guns to shooters, was found dead in Mumbai Police custody.
Salman Khan house firing news updates: Anuj Thapan, an accused arrested in the Bollywood actor Salman Khan house firing case, died in a hospital after he tried to commit suicide in Mumbai Police custody on Wednesday.
The deceased Anuj Thapan, 23, hanged himself inside the toilet of the lock-up using a bedsheet. He was rushed to the state-run GT Hospital, where he was declared dead during treatment, news agency PTI quoted an official as saying. An accidental death report will be registered at Azad Maidan police station in south Mumbai, the report PTI added.
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Who was Anuj Thapan?
Anuj Thapan and another accused, identified as Sonu Subhash Chander, were arrested from Punjab by the Mumbai Police for allegedly supplying guns to shooters Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, who are already arrested for firing multiple rounds of bullets outside Salman Khan‘s Galaxy Apartments in Bandra on April 14.
Lawrence Bishnoi connection
The Mumbai Crime Branch has said gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol Bishnoi have been declared wanted accused in connection with the firing case. Anmol Bishnoi claimed responsibility for the firing outside Salman Khan’s residence in a Facebook post following the attack.
According to the Mumbai Crime Branch, before the firing went down, the shooters had reached Salman Khan’s house four times. They had also staked out the actor’s farmhouse, the Crime Branch said, adding that since he hadn’t visited his farmhouse over several days, they planned to execute the firing outside his plush Galaxy Apartments.
The sleuths stated earlier that they fished out the pistol from the river on April 22 and also found the footprint of one of the arrested shooters, Vicky Gupta, while he was making a getaway from Mumbai to Gujarat’s Bhuj. The Crime Branch said the shooters chucked the firearm into the Tapi River near Surat while making their escape.
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