The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested a fifth accused in connection with the firing incident outside the Bandra house of popular Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
According to the police, the arrested accused, Mohammad Rafiq Chaudhary, had also done recce outside the houses of two other actors apart from Salman Khan’s house.
He shot a video of Khan's house and sent it to gangster Anmol Bishnoi.
"The shooters, Pal and Gupta, were apprehensive about carrying out the firing until Bishnoi reassured them that they would gain virtue by completing the task. Further investigation is underway in recce outside the houses of two more actors," the police said.
On April 14, two motorbike-borne people opened fire outside Salman Khan's residence in the Bandra area of Mumbai. The police had so far arrested four people in connection with the incident.
Meanwhile, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday allowed a second post-mortem examination of Anuj Kumar, who died in police custody following his arrest in the case.
Kumar, who was accused of supplying firearms and bullets, was arrested on April 26 from Punjab and remanded to police custody till April 30. He was found dead in the toilet of the lock-up of the crime branch in the commissionerate complex at Crawford Market here on May 1.
