Salman Khan Firing Case: CID Records Statement of Deceased Accused Anuj Thapan’s Family Post Suicide

Salman Khan Firing Case: Two unidentified fired four rounds of gunshots outside Salman Khan‘s home in Bandra on April 14. Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, the two gunmen, were taken into custody by the Mumbai Police from Bhuj, Gujarat, after the shooting. After the accused gave information regarding their involvement in the entire affair, Anuj Thapan and Chander were taken into custody by the Mumbai Police. Thapan tried suicide on Wednesday while under police custody. He was taken to the hospital immediately but passed away while there. An official stated that three family members of Anuj Thapan had their statements recorded by the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday.

The source stated that Vikram Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar, and Jaswant Singh, the relatives of Thapan, had their testimonies recorded by the CID. The family members claimed the body, which will be taken to Punjab for last rites, he said.

Thapan (32), who was arrested from Punjab for allegedly supplying firearms and bullets to the arrested shooters, was found hanging on Wednesday inside the toilet of the Mumbai Crime Branch’s lock-up located in the commissionerate complex. The state-run JJ Hospital on Thursday conducted the post-mortem in the presence of forensic doctors.

Thapan is among six persons named in FIR of the firing incident. While four of them have been arrested, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, currently lodged in a jail in neighbouring Gujarat, and his brother Anmol Bishnoi, have been shown as wanted accused. Thapan and Sonu Kumar Bishnoi (32) were arrested by a crime branch team from Fazilka in Punjab on April 26. The two had allegedly supplied weapons to shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta for firing at Salman Khan’s residence on April 14.

According to the police, Thapan and Sonu Bishnoi visited Panvel near Mumbai on March 15 to deliver two country-made pistols and 38 live rounds to Pal and Gupta. Thapan and Sonu’s village in Punjab is very close to jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s village.

(With PTI inputs)