One more held in connection with plot to kill Salman Khan
PTI
The Navi Mumbai police have arrested a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in connection with an alleged plot to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan, an official said on Thursday.
The accused, Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, was apprehended from Panipat in Haryana by a team of Panvel Town police (in Navi Mumbai) on Wednesday, he said.
Sukhbir Singh was in touch with his alleged handler Dogar, who is based in Pakistan, he said. Singh along with the other Bishnoi gang members had planned to use weapons from Pakistan, such as AK-47s, M16s and AK92s, to execute the alleged plot to kill Salman Khan, the official said.
He will be produced before a court after being brought to Navi Mumbai, the police said. The Navi Mumbai police will also interrogate Sukhbir Singh in connection with the case of the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, the official said.
On April 24 this year, the Navi Mumbai police registered a case against 18 identified accused and others of the Bishnoi gang for hatching a conspiracy to kill Salman Khan, he said.
The development followed a firing outside the actor's Bandra residence in Mumbai by Bishnoi gang members.
The accused, Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, was apprehended from Panipat in Haryana by a team of Panvel Town police (in Navi Mumbai) on Wednesday, he said.
Sukhbir Singh was in touch with his alleged handler Dogar, who is based in Pakistan, he said. Singh along with the other Bishnoi gang members had planned to use weapons from Pakistan, such as AK-47s, M16s and AK92s, to execute the alleged plot to kill Salman Khan, the official said.
He will be produced before a court after being brought to Navi Mumbai, the police said. The Navi Mumbai police will also interrogate Sukhbir Singh in connection with the case of the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, the official said.
On April 24 this year, the Navi Mumbai police registered a case against 18 identified accused and others of the Bishnoi gang for hatching a conspiracy to kill Salman Khan, he said.
The development followed a firing outside the actor's Bandra residence in Mumbai by Bishnoi gang members.