As the investigation widens in the Tiger Shroff shooting case, police have learnt that the shooters carried out a recce of the homes of two more Bollywood actors, in addition to Salman Khan's house.
Interrogation of Bishnoi gang operatives Phool Singh, Rehan Ansari, and Hritik Kumar alias Roshan Ramu Mahto revealed they had also scouted the homes of actors Aamir Khan and Ranbir Kapoor. Police said Tiger Shroff was targeted primarily because he lacked a dedicated security detail.
The two shooters, Phool Singh and Rehan Ansari, had stayed in Mumbai for a month before the shooting on October 18. They had checked into various lodges in Dadar and spent around ₹2 lakh, including the cost of a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle used in the shooting.
During interrogation, the shooters told police that on October 11—a week before the firing—they visited the Juhu football ground where Shroff regularly plays. Police said the visit was part of their surveillance, and the suspects were unarmed at the time.
Ten suspects have been arrested in the case so far, including the two shooters and their accomplice. The trio was intercepted in Kota while attempting to board a Delhi-bound train following the incident and was brought to Mumbai on Wednesday.
Police are yet to recover the firearms used in Sunday's firing and the mobile handsets of the accused. They have been remanded to police custody until October 31.
The Delhi Police arrested four others, including two women, on Tuesday, for supplying weapons to the shooters and harbouring them. They were identified as Kunal Sanjay, 21, Sumit Soraliya, 19, Radha Verma, 23 and Babita Rao, 23. They were arrested in Delhi and Sonipat in Haryana.
Delhi Police arrested four more suspects, including two women, on Tuesday for allegedly supplying weapons to the shooters and harbouring them. The suspects—identified as Kunal Sanjay (21), Sumit Soraliya (19), Radha Verma (23), and Babita Rao (23)—were picked up from locations in Delhi and Haryana’s Sonipat.
Investigators told the court that the attack was allegedly carried out on the directions of Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Anil Pandit, and further probe was required.
Tiger Shroff escaped relatively unhurt after two assailants fired gunshots at his car in the Juhu area on Sunday evening. His driver and a bystander were injured.
The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Crime Branch is investigating the case. A case was registered at Juhu police station.
