Rohtak: Investigation into Sunday night’s firing at actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai’s Juhu has revealed a Haryana link, with state police probing the recruitment of local youths and the role of US-based Panipat gangster Anil Pandit as the suspected mastermind.
Initial checks by Haryana Police revealed no prior criminal record for either Rehan or the juvenile within the state. Haryana Police officials investigating the case suspect Pandit, an alleged operative of the Lawrence Bishnoi network, orchestrated the operation, recruited local runners, and coordinated the hit. Investigators are probing how youngsters with no prior criminal antecedents in Haryana were drawn into the syndicate’s execution chain. Police officials are verifying the authenticity of the post while actively examining Pandit’s role as the key plotter.
Sonepat commissioner of police Mamta Singh said district police are profiling the suspects, tracing their local network, and investigating who recruited them for the hit.
Meanwhile, Rehan’s family denied knowledge of his involvement.
His father, Rahisudin, a welding shop worker in Sonepat, said Rehan and his mother had been living separately in Dewru village for the past five years. Rahisudin said he learned about his son’s arrest through media reports, adding that Rehan had left home a few days ago claiming he had found work at a welding shop in Gurugram.
The firing occurred around 7 PM on Sunday outside Pushpa Narsee Park in Mumbai’s Juhu area. Three motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at a BMW carrying actor Tiger Shroff as he was leaving a sports venue. his driver and a bystander sustained injuries before Shroff took control of the vehicle and rushed them to Nanavati Hospital While the actor escaped gunshot injuries.
