The Lawrence Bishnoi gang had planned an attack on Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s car in Panvel, more than a month after two accused fired shots outside his Bandra residence. Salman Khan has been a target of the gang ever since he shot a blackbuck during the shooting of one of his films in Rajasthan in 1998.
According to ANI, on Saturday, 1st June 2024, the Navi Mumbai Police arrested four members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang who intended to attack Salman’s car while he was enroute to his Panvel farmhouse.
Reportedly, they had planned to order weapons from a Pakistani arms supplier. An FIR has been registered against more than 17 people including Lawrence Bishnoi, Anmol Bishnoi, Goldy Brar and further probe is underway.
Those who planned the attack had reportedly conducted a recce in Panvel in February 2024. Deputy Commissioner of Police Vivek Pansare said, “We have made four arrests in the case. The accused had been plotting to target the actor for a long time and had stayed in Panvel to conduct recce.”
The four arrested by the Mumbai Police have been identified as Dhananjay alias Ajay Kashyap, Gaurav Bhatia alias Nahvi, Waspi Khan alias Wasim Chikna and Rizwan Khan alias Javed Khan.
The accused had done a recce of Salman Khan’s house and farmhouse in order to carry out the attack, the police said. Accused Ajay Kashyap contacted a person named Dogar in Pakistan through a video call and weapons like AK-47 were ordered from the neighbouring country.
The police got the information that about 60 to 70 boys of Lawrence Bishnoi and Sampat Nehra’s gang came from Mumbai, Raigad, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Gujarat and are keeping an eye on Salman Khan.
According to the statement issued by Navi Mumbai Police, the plan was to use minors to attack Salman Khan, and flee the country. The accused planned to flee India via boat to Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari.
The development comes weeks after two bike-borne men fired multiple rounds outside Galaxy Apartments in Bandra, where Salman Khan lives. CCTV footage from the incident showed one of the men firing towards Khan’s house outside the housing society on 14th April 2024.
Security has been heightened outside Salman’s residence along with the Y+ security that the actor has already been provided by the Maharashtra Police. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde too was seen personally visiting the actor’s residence a couple of days after the attack, and he ensured the Salman Khan that strict action will be taken against the accused.
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