Salman Khan’s Home Shooting: Police Say Shooters Were Promised Rs 4 Lakh for Contract Killing

The Mumbai Crime Branch will record Mr. Khan’s statement as a witness in the case. According to police sources, this individual served as a liaison between the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and the two shooters, Vicky Gupta, 24, and Sagar Kumar Palak, 21, who are currently in police custody. On Sunday at 4:55 am, two men on a motorcycle fired five rounds outside Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai’s Bandra, where the actor resides, and then fled the scene.

Sagar Kumar Palak, one of the suspects, was allegedly provided with a gun just hours before the incident, sourced from the Bandra area on the night of April 13. However, the identity of the person supplying the weapon remains unknown, according to the police. Both the accused are from West Champaran in Bihar and were arrested by Mumbai Police from the premises of a temple in Gujarat’s Kutch district late Monday night.

Police sources claim that both Palak and his accomplice Vicky Gupta were allegedly offered Rs 4 lakh to carry out the shooting, with an initial payment of Rs 1 lakh provided upfront. The intended objective, as stated by Mumbai Crime Branch officials, was not to murder Mr. Khan but to scare him. The Mumbai police have initiated proceedings to issue a Lookout Circular (LOC) against Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, who maintained communication with the suspects through various calling and messaging applications, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

The suspects involved in the shooting incident purchased multiple SIM cards and frequently changed them across different locations. According to a Mumbai Crime Branch official quoted by news agency ANI, “The accused conducted a ‘recce’ of Salman Khan’s farmhouse in Panvel. They intended to just scare him, not murder him.

The statements of both families have been recorded in Bihar. Around 7 people have been called from Haryana and other states for questioning, which is ongoing.” Yesterday afternoon, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met with the actor and assured him of all help.

“The government is with you, I have told Salman Khan. Both the accused have been arrested. They will be interrogated.

We will get to the root of the case. Nobody will be spared. Nobody should be targeted this way,” Eknath Shinde told reporters outside the actor’s home.

“No gang or gang war will be allowed. We won’t allow this to happen. We will finish (Lawrence) Bishnoi,” he added.

Last year, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that Mr. Khan topped the list of 10 main targets that jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi planned to eliminate, citing the actor’s infamous 1998 black buck hunting incident, which, according to the gangster, offended the Bishnoi community.