The shooters who allegedly attacked actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai’s Juhu on October 18 were being told how far the police investigation into the case had progressed reportedly based on what news channels were showing.
Police investigating who updated the shooters
Tiger Shroff escaped unhurt in the attack outside a park in Juhu. Anil Pandit, who claims to be linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has claimed responsibility in an unverified social media post. Police have not officially commented on whether news reports helped the shooters to evade the cops on the day of the attack. Acting on a request from the Mumbai Police, the Kota police arrested them on the train they boarded from Surat.
The three alleged shooters, Phool Singh, Rehan Rahisuddin Ansari (both 18) and 22-year-old Rithik Mahto, were arrested from Rajasthan’s Kota the next day. The accused trio have been remanded to police custody till October 31. 10 people have been arrested so far in connection with the case.
That information gave the attackers an edge in their bid to dodge the police after they fled on a motorcycle after firing at the actor’s car, an attack that injured two, including Shroff’s driver, according to an Indian Express report. At one point, when their photographs from videos of the shooting were flashed on TV, one of the shooters received a message, “your faces are out, get out of there,” Mumbai Police sources quoted in the report said. “This could be one of the reasons why they kept changing modes of transport as they went from a bike to train to cab and later wanted to take a bus from Surat bus stand, but when it took too long, they decided to take another train,” the source quoted by IE said.
