Indian Police Uncover ‘Pakistan link’ in Salman Khan Murder Attempt

Navi Mumbai Police arrested four members of Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang for planning an attack on Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s car in Panvel.

According to reports, the gang intended to acquire weapons from a Pakistani arms supplier to target Khan. An FIR has been registered against over 17 individuals, including Lawrence Bishnoi, Anmol Bishnoi, Sampat Nehra, and Goldy Brar. Further investigation is ongoing, according to Navi Mumbai Police.

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The arrested suspects are Dhananjay alias Ajay Kashyap, Gaurav Bhatia alias Nahvi, Waspi Khan alias Wasim Chikna, and Rizwan Khan alias Javed Khan. Ajay Kashyap reportedly conducted reconnaissance of Salman Khan’s house and farmhouse. The plot involved a Pakistani contact named Dogar, who was asked to supply weapons like AK-47s via video call.

Navi Mumbai Police revealed that around 60 to 70 members of the Lawrence Bishnoi and Sampat Nehra gangs, from various locations including Mumbai, Raigad, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, and Gujarat, were monitoring Salman Khan. The plan included using minors to attack Khan and escaping to Sri Lanka by boat from Kanyakumari.

On Monday, two operatives of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang were arrested in Rajpura, as reported by Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma to PTI. The suspects, Harjinder Singh alias Laadi and Subir Singh alias Subi, hail from Zirakpur in Punjab’s SAS Nagar district. Both have criminal records, with Laadi involved in six cases related to murder, extortion, and arms offenses, while Subi has two criminal cases against him.

Laadi was involved in the 2017 murder of Meet Bouncer in Panchkula and had been out on bail since September 2020. Police found 15 live cartridges and three pistols in their possession. The SSP stated that the accused were connected to foreign-based gangster Goldy Dhillon, an aide of fugitive gangster Goldy Brar, who had ordered two target killings.

Recently, Raipur police arrested four shooters from the Aman Sahu gang in connection with an April 14 firing incident outside Salman Khan’s residence at Galaxy Apartments. The suspects were captured in Rajasthan and Jharkhand based on intelligence inputs and were reportedly operating under the direction of Mayank Singh, a mastermind based in Malaysia associated with Lawrence Bishnoi and Aman Sahu.