The Mumbai police said it has arrested two persons suspected to be involved in the shooting outside actor Salman Khan’s Bandra residence. The arrests were made on Tuesday from Bhuj in Gujarat.
According to the Crime Branch Sources, the names of the two arrested accused are Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21). “Both the accused shooters are from Bihar’s West Champaran. Cases like theft, chain snatching are already registered against them,” they added.
Earlier, the Mumbai Police had released the pictures and CCTV footage of the two suspects who opened fire outside the residence of the actor on Sunday.
The Bandra Police of Mumbai registered a case against two unknown persons under Section 307 of IPC and Arms Act. The police registered the case based on the statement of Salman Khan’s security guard.
The case of firing outside Actor Salman Khan’s residence was transferred to Mumbai Crime Branch. More than 10 teams of Mumbai Crime Branch were involved in the investigation.
Earlier on Sunday morning, two motorbike-borne unidentified persons opened fire outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s house leading the police to enhance security around his residence and launch a search for the accused.
According to the police, the two shooters fired four rounds outside the Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai’s Bandra area at around 5 am and fled from the spot.
On Monday two days after the firing outside Salman Khan’s Galaxy apartment, the actor was spotted leaving his residence and probably heading to resume his work. The actor was seen coming out of the residence amid tight security.
