The crime branch had arrested Aditya Gayaki (19), Siddharth Yenpure (20), Samarth Pomaji (18), Swapnil Sakat (23) and Asaram Fasale, who had allegedly provided a scooter and other logistic support and weapons to the shooter, the official said.
Key Points
- The arrests were made in Haryana and Rajasthan, with the accused brought back to Mumbai for further investigation.
- The firing incident occurred on February 1, with five rounds fired at Shetty's building in Juhu.
- Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Shubham Lonkar has claimed responsibility for the attack and is among the wanted accused.
- The police have invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case, indicating the severity of the crime.
In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai police have arrested seven persons, including the alleged shooter who fired five rounds at filmmaker Rohit Shetty's house, from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Monday.
The city police's anti-extortion cell, with the help of the special task forces (STF) from the Uttar Pradesh and Haryana police, apprehended the alleged shooter, Deepak Rameshchandra Sharma, a resident of Agra, and six others involved in the February 1 firing, on Sunday in a multi-state operation, an official said.
The police had earlier stated that the accused were nabbed from Haryana and Rajasthan.
All accused remanded in police custody till Feb 25
A special court in Mumbai remanded all the seven accused in police custody till February 25, with investigators emphasising the crime was carried out by Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Shubham Lonkar with an intent to cause harm to the filmmaker and to instil fear and supremacy
The special court assigned to hear cases under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) remanded them in police custody till February 25.
The police sought their custody for interrogation to unearth the conspiracy and to ascertain the whereabouts of other wanted accused in the case, including Lonkar. The police also told court it was yet to recover the firearms used in the alleged incident
With the latest arrests, the Mumbai police have nabbed 12 persons in connection with the case, while the main accused, Shubham Lonkar, remains at large, a senior police official said.
The accused persons were working on the directions of Shubham Lonkar, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, who had taken responsibility for the firing in a social media post, he said.
According to the police, the accused had recced the "Singham" director's house on three occasions before the firing and some of them had consumed alcohol in a nearby area before the alleged shooter headed out to execute their plan.
At least five rounds were fired at the first floor of filmmaker Rohit Shetty's nine-storey building in the Juhu area at 12.45 am on February 1. One bullet struck the glass of a gym inside the building.
Besides the alleged shooter, the police have apprehended Sunny Thakur, Sonu, Ritik Yadav, Jatin Bharadwaj, Vishal Thakur and Vishnu Kushwah, the official said, adding that the accused were in the age group of 20 to 25 years.
Kushwah is the cousin of shooter Deepak Sharma, he said.
The accused, nabbed from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, knew each other but didn't have a direct connection with those arrested earlier from Pune.
The official said their gang leader, Shubham Lonkar, managed both teams.
As per investigations so far, Sharma and three other accused had allegedly come to Juhu on the day of the incident, and fled in an autorickshaw to Kalyan, in neighbouring Thane district, after the firing, the official said.
They held a meeting at another accused's house in Kalyan, before escaping to the northern states by train, he said, adding that the accused had hidden in a premises in Haryana, which Ritik Yadav had provided.
The official said that Kalyan served as a meeting point for the accused, as one of them had lived in the town for almost two years.
Shubham Lonkar's brother Pravin, who is behind bars in another firing case, will be taken into custody soon, as there is evidence that he was involved in the conspiracy, weapon supply, money transactions and brainwashing the accused persons.
The crime branch had earlier arrested Aditya Gayaki (19), Siddharth Yenpure (20), Samarth Pomaji (18), Swapnil Sakat (23) and Asaram Fasale, who had allegedly provided a scooter and other logistic support and weapons to the shooter, the official said.
The police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case.
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