Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai police have arrested four members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang for allegedly plotting to attack actor Salman Khan, a development coming in the wake of the recent firing outside his Bandra home, a senior official said on Saturday.
The Navi Mumbai police launched a probe last month after they received a tip about a conspiracy to target the actor at his farmhouse in the Panvel area, the official said.
The police said the four were in touch with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi and had recced the farmhouse and places where Salman Khan “worked” at the behest of the Bishnoi brothers.
The police said they got the information that about 60 to 70 members of Lawrence Bishnoi and Sampat Nehra's gang had arrived from Mumbai, Raigad, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Gujarat and were keeping an eye on Salman Khan.
There was a plan to use minors to attack Salman Khan.
As per the Navi Mumbai Police, after the attack, the accused had planned to flee to Sri Lanka via boat from Kanyakumari.
