Mumbai: In the case of firing at Bollywood's Dabangg actor Salman Khan's Galaxy Apartment in Bandra, another gangster of Lawrence Bishnoi gang has been arrested from Haryana. It is said that he had arranged money to give supari for the shooting.
The Mumbai Crime Branch team has arrested 34-year-old Harpal Singh from Faridabad, Haryana and is conducting further investigation.
During the interrogation of Mohammad Rafiq Chaudhary, who was arrested earlier in this heinous case, Harpal Singh's involvement in the crime came to light. He paid Rs. 2 to 3 lakh to Mohammad Rafiq.
On the morning of April 14, five rounds of firing were done at Salman's house. After the firing, the attackers fled leaving the bike in a damaged condition.
The police have arrested two shooters Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal from Mata Gadh in Kutch. Later, other accused were arrested, but accused Anuj Thapan committed suicide by hanging himself in police custody.
Anmol Bishnoi, younger brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, shared a post on social media taking responsibility for the attack.
Recently, Navi Mumbai Police had arrested five accused in another conspiracy to attack Salman Khan.
Senior police inspector Nitin Thackeray of Panvel police station had received inputs about a conspiracy to harm the actor in September-October last year.
The accused who were in contact with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother Anmol, who lives abroad, have been arrested.
On the instructions of Bishnoi brothers, they also raided Salman's farm house in Panvel, house in Bandra and the shooting location of his film.
After gathering inputs, the police registered a case against 17 people including Lawrence Bishnoi, Anmol in April.
Some police officers and informers of Navi Mumbai hacked the WhatsApp and other social media groups of the Bishnoi gang. Based on that, the police kept an eye on the activities of the Bishnoi gang. They had to buy weapons from Pakistan for the attack. For this, the accused contacted a person named Dongar in Pakistan through video call. It was also revealed that the gang had prepared the accused Sameer for the attack.