Shots fired at Rohit Shetty home in Mumbai, 4 held

MUMBAI: A bike-borne gunman fired 5 rounds astatine the Juhu bungalow of filmmaker Rohit Shetty soon aft midnight connected Sunday and was arrested on with 3 others from Pune a fewer hours later.

Shetty and his household were astatine location but nary 1 was injured, constabulary said.Gangster Shubham Lonkar, an subordinate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, posted a connection connected societal media claiming responsibility. The motive is not clear, considering that Shetty reportedly had not received immoderate menace connection oregon extortion demands; the marque of the limb is being ascertained, constabulary said.The arrested men are Swapnil Sakat (23), Siddharth Yenpure (20), Aditya Gayaki (19) and Samarth Pomaji (18).

One is simply a assemblage student; the others are unemployed. Cops haven’t said who among them is the gunman.Police probe if firing could beryllium linked to Shetty’s upcoming movie projectsA fifth, Aman Marote (27), besides from Pune, has been served a announcement and volition beryllium called for questioning. The firing took spot astatine 12.45am connected the archetypal level of Shetty Tower, Hasya Kalakar Mehmood Chowk, Juhu. Lonkar’s post, written successful Hindi and English, said: “Ram Ram, Jai Bajrang Bali, to each brothers.

We, Shubham Lonkar, Aarzoo Bhishnoi, Hari Boxer, and Harman Shandu, instrumentality work for the firing that took spot contiguous astatine movie manager Rohit Shetty’s location (Shetty Tower) successful Mumbai.

”It further said: “We messaged him galore times telling him not to interfere successful our work, but helium didn’t understand. We’ve fixed him this tiny trailer. If helium doesn’t recognize our connection and doesn’t perceive to us, past the adjacent slug won’t beryllium fired extracurricular his house, but wrong his bedroom, close successful his chest.

And this is simply a informing to the full Bollywood industry: mend your ways portion you inactive person time, otherwise, your concern volition beryllium precise bad.

”Police said they are verifying the assertion made successful the societal media post, fixed that Shetty is not known to person received threats.The fishy came connected a motorcycle from Pune (from wherever helium near connected Saturday), fired 5 rounds and abandoned his motorcycle 2km away, constabulary said. “The motorcycle had a Pune registration.

One of the detained suspects travelled from Pune connected the bike, reached Juhu precocious astatine nighttime and was captured connected CCTV adjacent Shetty’s building,” constabulary said. “We followed the CCTV trails and recovered the fishy abandoned the motorcycle 2km from Shetty’s building. From determination helium vanished,” said an serviceman from Juhu constabulary station.The serviceman said the motorcycle was not stolen and was owned by 1 of the detained suspects, and it is successful the custody of Mumbai Crime Branch and Anti-Extortion Cell.

“The motorcycle details helped to way down 1 of the suspects, whose sanction the motorcycle is registered under. This led america to the different 4 suspects.”Police are probing if the firing could beryllium linked to Shetty’s upcoming movie projects. Shetty shares adjacent ties with elder Mumbai constabulary officers and is often seen sharing the dais with apical IPS officers during consciousness campaigns and amusement programmes organised for policemen and their families.

Shetty precocious acquired the rights to erstwhile constabulary commissioner Rakesh Maria’s publication connected the underworld. Police person accrued information astir Shetty’s residence.

Police and forensic teams secured the premises to transportation retired a elaborate examination.The constabulary said Shetty’s guards witnessed the firing. Shetty has 3 guards successful the building. “The guards were wrong the building, with 1 having gone to the toilet.

All rushed retired connected proceeding slug sounds. The bullets struck the archetypal level and the partition of the building. Shetty called the police,” said a transgression subdivision officer.It is successful Pune wherever the Bishnoi pack is believed to person hatched the execution crippled of NCP MLA Baba Siddiqui. Mumbai constabulary had arrested 4 suspects successful the execution lawsuit from the Karvenagar and Shivane areas of Pune. Among them was Pravin, the member of Shubham Lonkar who ran a dairy successful Karvenagar. A elder transgression subdivision authoritative said, “So far, we person not recovered immoderate nonstop nexus betwixt the suspects detained successful the Juhu firing lawsuit and those arrested successful the Siddiqui execution case.

However, this space is being examined.”In 2024, 2 motorcycle-borne assailants allegedly linked to the Bishnoi pack had fired shots astatine histrion Salman Khan’s residence successful Bandra.