Plot to kill Salman Khan: Bishnoi gang member apprehended in Panipat
The Hindu
Navi Mumbai police arrest Lawrence Bishnoi gang member for plotting to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
The Navi Mumbai police have arrested a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in connection with an alleged plot to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan, an official said on Thursday.
The accused, Sukha alias Sukhbir Balbir Singh, was apprehended from Panipat in Haryana by a team of Panvel Town police (in Navi Mumbai) on Wednesday, he said.
He had allegedly given a contract to Bishnoi gang members to kill Mr. Khan, the official said.
Sukhbir Singh was in touch with his alleged handler Dogar, who is based in Pakistan, he said.
Mr. Singh along with the Bishnoi gang members had planned to use weapons from Pakistan, such as AK-47s, M16s and AK92s, to execute the alleged plot to kill Salman Khan, the official said.
He will be produced before a court after being brought to Navi Mumbai, the police said.
The Navi Mumbai police will also interrogate Sukhbir Singh in connection with the case of murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, the official said.
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