Salman firing: Mumbai cops file fresh case; one more held in Rajasthan

Mumbai police have filed a fresh case regarding the shooting incident outside actor Salman Khan's residence in April. They also made a fresh arrest in Rajasthan on Sunday (June 16) for alleged criminal intimidation, according to an official.

The accused has been identified as Banwarilal Laturlal Gujar (25), from Bundi in Rajasthan, a crime branch official told news agency PTI.

Threat on YouTube

Gujar had allegedly uploaded a video on his YouTube channel in which he said "Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar and other gang members are with me and I am going to kill Salman Khan as he has not apologised yet," the official said.

The accused made the video on a highway in Rajasthan and uploaded it on his channel.

Considering the seriousness of the case, a team was sent to Rajasthan for an investigation and it apprehended the accused, the official said, adding the case has been registered at a cyber police station in Mumbai.

Background check

"We are checking if the accused, Gujar, has any criminal background. He has been arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 506(2) (punishment for criminal intimidation), and provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act. Further investigation is underway," the official said.

In the early hours of April 14, two motorbike-borne men fired multiple rounds outside Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai's Bandra area.

A total of six persons were arrested in that case. One of them, Anuj Thapan, allegedly hanged himself in police lock-up on May 1.

In a separate case, Navi Mumbai Police arrested five persons, including an alleged member of Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gangs from Haryana, in connection with a plot to attack Salman Khan.

Salman's haunts recced

Four gang members had recced Khan's farmhouse in Panvel, the area around his home in Bandra, and places he visited for film shooting, police had said earlier.

Lawrence Bishnoi is currently lodged in the Sabarmati Central Prison in Gujarat's Ahmedabad in a different case, and Mumbai police will move a court to seek his custody, they said.

His brother Anmol, believed to be in Canada, has been shown as a wanted accused in the firing case.

(With agency inputs)