In a significant development in the Salman Khan house firing case, the Panvel police have filed a chargesheet, detailing a plot to assassinate the Bollywood superstar by members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
The 350-page chargesheet, submitted to the Panvel magistrate court last week, detailed the planned attack to mirror the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala. This would reportedly take place either during a movie shoot or while he was leaving his Panvel farmhouse.
A report on TOI states that an in-depth analysis of intelligence, including technical examination of mobile phones, WhatsApp group formations, tower locations, and eyewitness audio and video calls, has uncovered the plan to kill Khan using sophisticated weapons from Pakistan, including AK-47s.
.The chargesheet names five Bishnoi gang members including, Dhananjay Tapsingh alias Ajay Kashyap (28), Gautam Vinod Bhatia (29), Vaspi Mehmood Khan alias China (36), Rizwan Hassan alias Javed Khan (25), and Deepak Hawasingh alias John Walmiki (30).
The men are being charged with criminal conspiracy (IPC Section 120 B), abetment (IPC Section 115), and criminal intimidation (IPC Section 506 (2)).
The investigation began in early April when Panvel police inspector Nitin Thackeray received intelligence about the planned attack on Khan. It was revealed that Lawrence Bishnoi had offered a Rs 25 lakh contract to his gang members to carry out the assassination. The gang allegedly communicated through a WhatsApp group with 15-16 members, including Bishnoi's Canada-based cousin Anmol Bishnoi, Goldy Brar, Ajay Kashyap, Vinod Bhatia, Vaspi Mehmood Khan alias China, and Rizwan Hassan Khan.
The police also identified Sukha Shooter and Dogar from Pakistan as the suppliers of weapons like AK-47, M16, or M5.
