TWO persons including a man who allegedly opened fire outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence in Mumbai have been arrested from Gujarat, police said on Tuesday. The two persons - Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21) - who were on the run after firing outside Khan’s house on Sunday, were nabbed late Monday night from a temple premises at Mata No Madh village in Gujarat’s Kutch district, Deputy Inspector General of Kutch-West, Mahendra Bagadiya, said. The duo is sent to police custody till April 25. Both the accused are natives of West Champaran in Bihar, he said, adding the two have admitted to the crime.

 

After getting a message from the Mumbai police that the duo might be present in Kutch district, local police activated their sources to trace them, said a release by Kutch-West police. “Based on the technical surveillance and information received from informers, joint teams of the Kutch-West and Mumbai police nabbed the duo from a temple premises at Mata No Madh late Monday night,” Bagadiya said.

 

A preliminary probe suggested that both Sagar and Vicky were hired by the gang of incarcerated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to open fire at Khan’s house, he said. While Sagar fired at Khan’s house, Vicky was in touch with the gang members, Bagadiya said. After being nabbed, the accused were first brought to Dayapar police station in Kutch and then handed over to the Mumbai police as the complaint is registered there, he said. They were booked under Indian Penal Code section 307 (attempt to murder) and relevant provisions of the Arms Act, the police said. A case has been registered against Anmol Bishnoi in connection with the firing incident outside the house of actor Salman Khan, police said. The police said that Anmol Bishnoi, who is the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, wrote about the firing incident on Facebook and used threatening language. At around 5 am on Sunday, two motorcycle-borne persons fired four rounds outside 58-year-old Khan’s house at the Galaxy Apartment in Bandra area of Mumbai and fled the spot. They had rented a house for a month in Navi Mumbai’s Panvel, where the actor has a farmhouse, an official said on Monday.