Tiger Shroff shooting case: 4 more, including 2 women arrested
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested 4 more people, including 2 women in the case related to shooting at actor Tiger Shroff. The arrests were made by the Delhi Police Special Cell, reported NDTV.
According to the police personnel, the 2 men arrested now had allegedly acquired the weapons used in the attack. Meanwhile, the 2 women were involved in transporting the weapons to the attackers in Mumbai.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Kunal, Sumit, Radha and Babita for their alleged involvement in the plot. All of the arrested individuals have been handed over to the Mumbai Police.
While Kunal and Sumit arranged the weapons, the 2 women, Radha and Babita, handed them over to the shooters in Mumbai’s Dadar.
According to the Delhi Police, Kunal came out of jail recently. He was out on bail and came in touch with the alleged mastermind behind the attack, Anil Pandit. He was introduced to Pandit through a friend. It was on Pandit’s instructions that he collected 1 pistol and 20 rounds of bullets from Amritsar. He was accompanied by Sumit, said the police.
Kunal was in a relationship with Radha, whom he met 2 months back. He handed over the ammunition and pistol to her and asked her to travel to Mumbai. On October 15, he took Radha and Babita to the New Delhi Railway station. The gang had put the pistol in Radha’s bag.
On October 17, the women got down at Dadar and checked into a hotel. A minor boy reportedly collected the pistol from Radha the very same day. The next day, October 18, Sunday, Tiger Shroff who was in his car was attacked.
Both the women were caught from the New Delhi Railway Station when they reached here from Mumbai Dadar-Haridwar Express on October 20. KUnal and Sumit were caught from Sonipat in Haryana, said the police.
Tiger Shroff attacked
Tiger Shroff was attacked while he was on way back from a football ground on October 18. The attack happened at around 7 pm. The shooters had reportedly tracked fan pages and were following the actor for a few days.
They knew exactly where he would be on Sunday evening. The initial plan was to attack Salman Khan. But they saw the huge security ring around the actor and decided to target Shroff instead, who moves around with relatively less security.
The actor’s car was hit with bullets, but fortunately he survived. The actor was seen with bandages around his hand, arms and also his chest, in the first photographs released to the press. He met Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, following the attack.