The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested the sixth accused of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from Fatehabad in Haryana in connection with the shooting outside Salman Khan's house. The arrested accused is named Harpal Singh (37).
A police officer stated that Singh's name surfaced during the interrogation of another arrested accused, Mohammad Rafiq Sardar Chaudhary. Singh is accused of providing money to Chaudhary and instructing him to conduct a reconnaissance of Salman Khan's residence. The Crime Branch will present Harpal Singh in the MCOCA court today.
Meanwhile, two motorcycle-borne persons opened fire outside Khan's residence at the Galaxy Apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area on April 14 and fled the spot.
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"Singh's name surfaced during the interrogation of accused Mohammed Rafique Chowdhary, another Bishnoi gang member who was arrested earlier this month in the firing case. Singh had asked Chowdhary to conduct a recce around Khan's residence and also gave Rs 2-3 lakh to him," the official said.
"Singh had asked Chowdhary to conduct a recce around Khan's residence and also gave Rs 2-3 lakh to him," the police said.