Salman Khan firing case: Lookout circular issued against Anmol Bishnoi

A lookout circular (LOC) was issued on Friday against Anmol Bishnoi in connection with the Salman Khan firing case, an official said, reported the PTI.

Anmol Bishnoi is the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Anmol Bishnoi had earlier in a social media post claimed the responsibility for the firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan`s residence in Bandra west, the official said.

Two men had shot multiple rounds at Salman Khan`s home on April 14, the police had earlier said.

According to the PTI, the official said that the police is likely to take custody of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently lodged in a jail in Sabarmati in Gujarat, and was also contemplating invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case.

Anmol Bishnoi had claimed responsibility for the firing and a probe too showed his involvement, following which the LOC was issued by Mumbai police, the official added, as per the PTI.

“Anmol and Lawrence Bishnoi have been named as wanted accused in the case. Anmol Bishnoi stays in Canada and travels to the USA. However, the IP address of the Facebook post, through which he claimed responsibility of the firing, was traced to Portugal,” the official said, reported the PTI.

The alleged shooters Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21), both residents of Bihar, have been arrested along with Sonu Kumar Subhash Chander Bishnoi (37) and Anuj Thapan (32), who had provided them two country-made pistols and cartridges on March 15, as per police.

As per police, Sonu Bishnoi and Thapan hail from Fazilka, close to Lawrence Bishnoi`s native place in Punjab.

“Both were also accused along with Lawrence and Anmol Bishoi in a firing case registered in Gangapur in Punjab,” he said.

Meanwhile, two men arrested from Punjab in connection with Salman Khan firing case were on Friday produced before a Mumbai court that remanded them to police custody till April 30, the PTI reported.

The crime branch had on Thursday arrested the duo, who had allegedly provided weapons and cartridges to the shooters, from Punjab.

The police informed the court that the accused were key persons in the crime and were arrested based on technical evidence.

They need to be interrogated to find out who supplied them with weapons and asked them to give the same to the two shooters arrested earlier, police said, according to the PTI.

Mumbai Police have alleged that Chander and Thapan had come to Panvel on March 15 to hand over two country-made pistols and 38 live rounds to the shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta. The duo were the shooters arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for shooting outside Salman Khan`s residence in Bandra west.

The court had on Thursday remanded Pal (21) and Gupta (24) to police custody till April 29.

(with PTI inputs)