Salman Khan News: Mumbai Police has declared jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi as âwanted accusedâ in the firing incident outside the residence of Bollywood actor Salman Khan. An official gave this information on Saturday (April 20). The officer said that Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, arrested in the case earlier this week, were allegedly receiving instructions from the Bishnoi brothers.
The officer said Lawrence Bishnoi is lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat in another case, but his brother is believed to be in Canada or America. He said that Mumbai Police may soon seek the custody of Lawrence. Lawrence Bishnoiâs brother Anmol had taken responsibility for the attack on Salmanâs house through a social media post. He described the attack as just a trailer.
The officer also said that the Crime Branch of the police, which is investigating the case, has registered a case under section 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code (criminal intimidation with threat of death or grievous hurt) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence or attempting to protect the offender). Giving false information) has been added in the FIR.
Those who attacked Salmanâs house were arrested from Bhuj.
The police had registered an FIR under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC after two motorcycle-riding men opened fire on Salman Khanâs Bandra residence âGalaxy Apartmentâ on the morning of April 14. On April 16, the police arrested Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal from Bhuj, Gujarat. Officials claimed that Pal allegedly opened fire while Gupta was riding the motorcycle.
IP address of Facebook post was found in Portugal
After the incident, a Facebook post made in the name of Anmol Bishnoi surfaced claiming responsibility for the attack. The IP address from which the post was uploaded was found to be from Portugal, the official said. It is noteworthy that it was uploaded three hours before the firing incident. The police officer said that the Facebook account in Anmolâs name was created using a foreign mobile number.