The city Crime Branch team, investigating the shooters and arms suppliers of the Bishnoi gang who were arrested for firing five rounds outside Salman Khan’s residence last month, has discovered that the gang deploys various ‘codes’ to prevent direct or indirect acquaintance among those involved in the case. One of these code patterns identified by the Crime Branch is also used by top Afghan drug suppliers, which the Bishnoi gang used for supplying arms, drugs, and cash to their shooters.

Sources in the crime branch the gang uses faceless photos of individuals involved in supplying arms, drugs, and cash to those carrying out instructions such as firing, extortion, and murder from Lawrence Bishnoi or his brother Anmol. Officers identified this pattern when they encountered a faceless photo of the arms supplier, Anuj Thapan, who allegedly died by suicide inside the crime branch lockup, as well as another accused, Subhash Chander.