A month after the arrest of five alleged contract shooters from the Andheri area, Mumbai Crime Branch sources have revealed that one of the accused has confessed to being in direct contact with Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of the jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. However, the Crime Branch is yet to determine if Bishnoi sent them to Mumbai to carry out the hit.

The anti-extortion cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch had arrested the five men last month, recovering seven firearms and 21 live rounds from their possession from a hotel in Andheri. According to sources, during interrogation, one of the accused, Vikas Thakur, admitted to having multiple conversations with Anmol Bishnoi.