IN PHOTOS: Cops recover guns used in Salman Khan firing case from Tapi river

Updated On: 23 April, 2024 03:58 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

The Mumbai police`s crime branch has recovered two pistols, magazines and bullets from the Tapi river in Gujarat during a search operation to recover weapons allegedly used in the firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan`s residence, an official said on Tuesday. Pics/Sources and PTI

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<p>A team of 12 officials, including `encounter specialist` senior police inspector Daya Nayak, was at the spot. The search was underway with the help of scuba divers, an official said</p>

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A team of 12 officials, including `encounter specialist` senior police inspector Daya Nayak, was at the spot. The search was underway with the help of scuba divers, an official said

<p>The two arrested accused, Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21), allegedly fired outside 58-year-old Khan`s house at the Galaxy Apartment in the Bandra area of Mumbai on April 14 and then fled the spot on a motorbike</p>

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The two arrested accused, Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21), allegedly fired outside 58-year-old Khan`s house at the Galaxy Apartment in the Bandra area of Mumbai on April 14 and then fled the spot on a motorbike

<p>Based on the technical surveillance, they were apprehended on April 16 from the premises of a temple at Mata No Madh near Bhuj town in Gujarat by joint teams of the Mumbai and Kutch police</p>

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Based on the technical surveillance, they were apprehended on April 16 from the premises of a temple at Mata No Madh near Bhuj town in Gujarat by joint teams of the Mumbai and Kutch police

<p>According to sources, the duo told the police during interrogation that they threw the weapon into the Tapi river from a railway bridge when they were fleeing to Bhuj in a train after reaching Surat by road from Mumbai following the firing incident</p>

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According to sources, the duo told the police during interrogation that they threw the weapon into the Tapi river from a railway bridge when they were fleeing to Bhuj in a train after reaching Surat by road from Mumbai following the firing incident

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Prima facie, the duo`s main objective behind firing outside Salman Khan`s residence was to create "terror", police had said

<p>The Mumbai police have declared jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi as "wanted accused" in connection with the incident</p>

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The Mumbai police have declared jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi as "wanted accused" in connection with the incident

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