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The arrested accused have been identified as Dhananjay alias Ajay Kashyap, Gaurav Bhatia alias Nahvi, Waspi Khan alias Wasim Chikna and Rizwan Khan alias Javed Khan, said the Navi Mumbai police.
The accused had done a recce of Salman Khan's house and farmhouse. Accused Ajay Kashyap contacted a person named Dogar in Pakistan through a video cal. Weapons like AK-47 were ordered from Pakistan to attack Salman Khan. The police got the information that about 60 to 70 boys of Lawrence Bishnoi and Sampat Nehra's gang came from Mumbai, Raigad, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Gujarat had kept eye on Salman Khan. There was a plan to use minors to attack Salman Khan. After the attack, the accused had planned to flee to Sri Lanka via boat from Kanyakumari, said the Navi Mumbai police.
An FIR has been filed against 17 people, including including Lawrence Bishnoi, Anmol Bishnoi, Sampat Nehra and Goldy Brar.
They have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 120-B (Conspiracy) and 506 (criminal intimidation), an official said.
Salman Khan has been targeted by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang after Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was killed in 2022. There was a firing outside the actor's residence in Bandra on April 14. The police found strong evidence against Lawrence Bishnoi and Anmol Bishnoi.
The FIR after the firing mentioned that the gang had allegedly plotted to kill the actor by sourcing sophisticated weapons including an AK-47, M-16 and AK-92 from a Pakistan-based weapon supplier. They allegedly received the weapons on March 15 at a camp in Panvel..
According to the information obtained from the Crime Branch, a gang mabmer had done a recce of the actor Salman Khan's apartment building on April 12, and sent a video to Anmol.
The planned firing incident was executed as per instructions, during which the shooters received a total of Rs 3 lakh.
The gang has targeted Salman Khan by the gang for his involvement in the black buck killing in Rajasthan in 1998.
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