The Navi Mumbai Police have arrested a crucial operative of the arrested gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, identified as Sukhbir Balbir Singh alias Sukha, who is allegedly involved in a Rs 25 lakh contract to kill Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. Sukha was arrested on Thursday by a team from Panvel Police in Haryana. According to reports, the plan to murder Khan was devised between August 2023 and April 2024.
Sukha had maintained regular contacts with one suspected Pakistani handler, identified as Dogar, and was in league with one another in attempting to source advanced weapons for the purported assassination.
Besides conspiring to kill Khan, Sukha is also under scanner in the murder case of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and businessman Baba Ziauddin Siddique, a close relative of Khan, who was found murdered at Bandra East on October 12.
Investigators have revealed that over 60 people were tracking Khan's movement from various places-from his Bandra West house, Goregaon Film City, and the Arpita Farms in Panvel.
There had been a death plot against Khan spotlight since April 2024 when gangsters from the Bishnoi gang fired several rounds at the flat of the actor in Galaxy Apartments during the Lok Sabha elections. This prompted police investigation into the matter. In no time, a case was registered on April 24 and at least 18 people, including Bishnoi, his brother Anmol, Canada-based gangster Goldie Brar, and several others, were identified as the main conspirators.
Some others are Dhananjay alias Ajay Kashyap, Deepak Hava Singh alias John, Rizwan Khan alias Javed, Gaurav Bhatia, and Wasim Khan alias Chikna. Khan and his father, veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, have received multiple threats from the Bishnoi gang in recent years, compelling the Mumbai Police to enhance security around their home and office.
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