Firing outside Salman Khan’s house: The police found five bullet shells and a live round; forensic analysis indicated the assailants used 7.62-caliber weapon
Mumbai: Two unidentified bike-borne assailants fired five to six rounds outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residential building in Bandra West at around 4.55am on Sunday. Though the actor and his parents were sleeping at home, nobody was injured in the incident. Hours later, incarcerated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Bishnoi claimed responsibility for the attack in a social media post, saying, “Salman Khan, do not take us lightly. This is the first and last warning. After this, the firing will happen at your home.” Police have seized the bike used by the assailants and are probing the role of all suspects including the Bishnoi gang and the likely motive behind the shooting.
According to the police, the assailants reached Galaxy apartment via the Bandra Bandstand, and both were wearing helmets. They fired two bullets towards the balcony of the actor’s first-floor apartment, which was covered by a curtain. Another bullet hit a spot on the wall adjoining the balcony, while two bullets were fired in the air. During the panchnama at the site, police found five bullet shells and a live round, and forensic analysis indicated the assailants used a 7.62-caliber weapon.
While Salman and his parents were sleeping inside their apartment, the building’s security guards, Sumit Naidu and Stalin Anthony, rushed outside the gate after they heard the shots being fired. But the assailants had accelerated away from the spot by then, they told HT.
Hours later, Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol put up a post on social media claiming responsibility for the attack. “Salman Khan, do not take us lightly. This firing incident was just a trailer, so that you understand our strength. This is the first and last warning. After this, the firing will happen at your home,” the post read.
Anmol further wrote, “You consider Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Shakeel as divine. We however have two pet dogs named after these two persons. I am not in the habit of speaking much. Jai Shri Ram, Jai Bharat. (Lawrence Bishnoi group) Goldy Brar, Rohit Godara, Kala Jatheri.”
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang first targeted the Bollywood superstar in 2018, saying he had hurt religious sentiments by allegedly killing a black buck in Rajasthan in 1999 during the shooting of the film Hum Saath Saath Hain.