Mumbai Police Nab Two in Punjab Over Firing Incident Near Salman Khan's Residence

Mumbai police arrested two suspects in Punjab for supplying weapons used in the shooting incident outside Salman Khan's residence in Bandra. Subhash Chander and Anuj Thapan are accused of providing the shooters with pistols and cartridges. They were arrested in north Punjab and will be presented in court in Mumbai. Meanwhile, the police custody of two previously arrested suspects, Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, was extended until April 29. The investigation continues, with police searching for the alleged mastermind, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Mumbai police on Thursday arrested two persons in Punjab in connection with the recent firing outside actor Salman Khan's house in Bandra in the metropolis, an official said.

Subhash Chander (37) and Anuj Thapan (32) had provided weapons and cartridges to the shooters on March 15, the police official said.

Both were arrested by a Crime Branch team from north Punjab and are being flown to Mumbai, the official said.

''They will be produced in a court here on Friday. Chander and Thapan had come to Panvel (in Raigad district near Mumbai) on March 15 to hand over two country-made pistols and 38 live rounds,'' the official said.

''Chander and Thapan stayed in Panvel with arrested shooters Sagar Pal (21) and Vicky Gupta (24) for three hours before leaving. Prior to handing over the pistols, Chander and Thapan fired two rounds from their stock of 40 bullets to check if the weapon was working,'' the official added.

Meanwhile, a Mumbai court on Thursday extended the police custody till April 29 of two men arrested in connection with the firing outside the Bollywood actor's residence in upscale Bandra.

Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, both residents of Bihar, were produced before the metropolitan magistrate court here after their previous remand ended on Thursday.

Gupta and Pal allegedly fired outside 58-year-old Khan's house at the Galaxy Apartment in Bandra in the early hours of April 14 before fleeing the spot on a motorbike.

They were nabbed on April 16 from Mata No Madh village in Gujarat's Kutch district.

The crime branch team later recovered two pistols, magazines and bullets from the Tapi river in Gujarat during a search operation to recover weapons allegedly used in the firing.

The Mumbai police have declared jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi as wanted accused in the case.

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