Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 24 (HBTV): In the case of gunfire outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan's residence, Mumbai Crime Branch is said to have found strong evidence against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol Bishnoi. This development may point to the two as the main conspirators and they have been made the most wanted accused persons in the case, updates on Wednesday said.
Mumbai Police has registered a case against four people in the case in which Anmol Bishnoi and Lawrence Bishnoi have been understood to have been named accused.
According to the information received from the Mumbai Crime Branch, the shooters had engaged in a reconnaissance of Salman Khan's house four times before the firing incident. The shooters had also once surveyed Khan's farm house. However, Salman had not gone to his farm house for many weeks, and hence they planned to open fire at the house.
A day earlier, the Mumbai Crime Branch also informed about the recovery of a second pistol from Tapi river in Surat. The police revealed that they had not only recovered the second pistol but also four magazines and 17 rounds.
In this case, on April 22 the crime branch had recovered a pistol from the river. Shooter Vicky Gupta's footprints were found, reports said. The shooters had thrown the gun and magazine in the Tapi river near Surat.
The police are searching for the phones of the accused in the river as the accused had transferred money to the bank several times.
The two men, who came on motorbike, fired four rounds outside Galaxy Apartments, where the actor resides, around 5:00 am on April 14 before fleeing. CCTV footage showed that both the accused persons sported caps and carried backpacks.
Earlier, Kutch Police arrested the two accused persons and handed them over to the Mumbai Crime Branch.
Later, a city court sent the two to the custody of the Mumbai Crime Branch until April 25 in connection with the incident.
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