Salman Khan’s residence firing case: 2 pistols, 13 bullets recovered from Tapi river in Gujarat

The Mumbai Police have recovered two pistols, magazines and 13 bullets from Tapi river in Gujarat during a search operation in connection with the firing incident outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence. The search operation began on Monday.

A team of 12 officials, including 'encounter specialist' senior police inspector Daya Nayak, is still at the spot. The search is underway with the help of scuba divers.

About the arrested accused

The two arrested accused, Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21), allegedly fired outside the 58-year-old actor's house at the Galaxy Apartment in the Bandra area of Mumbai on April 14 and then fled the spot on a motorbike.

Based on the technical surveillance, they were apprehended on April 16 from the premises of a temple at Mata No Madh near Bhuj town in Gujarat by joint teams of the Mumbai and Kutch police. They were subsequently handed over to the Mumbai police for further investigation.
According to sources, the duo told the police during interrogation that they threw the weapon into the Tapi river from a railway bridge when they were fleeing to Bhuj in a train after reaching Surat by road from Mumbai following the firing incident.

Bishnoi brothers on the radar

Prima facie, the duo's main objective behind firing outside Khan's residence was to create terror, police had said. The Mumbai police have declared jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi as ‘wanted accused’ in connection with the incident. While Lawrence Bishnoi is lodged in the Sabarmati central prison in Gujarat in another case, his brother is believed to be in Canada or the US.

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