Mumbai: Anuj Thapan, an accused arrested in the Bollywood actor Salman Khan house firing case, died in a hospital after he tried to commit suicide in Mumbai Police custody on Wednesday. He was rushed to St. George Hospital for emergency medical treatment after he was found in a critical condition in the lockup. He died while undergoing treatment at the hospital, officials confirmed.
Anuj Thapan, 32, who was arrested from Punjab on April 26, died by suicide. He and another accused, Sonu Subhash Chander, allegedly gave the weapons used in firing outside the ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ actor’s Mumbai home on April 14.
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What drove Anuj Thapan to attempt suicide is under investigation, reports said.
Two others, Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal who allegedly fired the shots, are also in police custody. Both were seen on CCTV leaving the area on a motorcycle on the night the incident happened.
All the four accused are known to be connected with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, whose main activities according to the anti-terror body National Investigation Agency (NIA) involve kidnapping, murder, extortion for ransom, cross-border smuggling of sophisticated weapons and narcotics, in-land smuggling of contraband, and illegal liquor smuggling.
The Mumbai crime branch last month said it had found strong evidence against Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol Bishnoi, after which the crime branch announced both as the most wanted suspects in the case.
In the wee hours of April 14, two bike-borne men had opened fire outside Salman’s Galaxy Apartments. The crime branch later arrested the two alleged shooters Vikas Kumar Gupta and Sagar Kumar Pal from Gujarat.
The shooters had done shooting practice in Bihar, said police.
