Two gang members arrested for firing at Salman Khan’s residence

The Bishnoi gang, accused of a number of murders and extortion rackets, hails from a wider desert-based spiritual sect that considers the species to be the reincarnation of their guru.

Khan, 58, has been within the crosshairs of the group since 1998 for capturing two blackbucks on a leisure searching journey. The gang’s jailed chief Lawrence Bishnoi has threatened Khan with assassination prior to now.

Two males on a bike shot at Khan’s first-floor house through the early hours of Sunday within the upscale Mumbai neighbourhood of Bandra, additionally firing a number of rounds within the air earlier than fleeing.

Khan, who’s at all times guarded by armed policemen owing to threats to his life, was residence when the gunshots had been fired. The 2 males aged 24 and 21 had been arrested within the western state of Gujarat, police mentioned.

“We had been in a position to find the 2 accused close to a temple,” Kutch district police officer Mahendra Bagaria mentioned. “Certainly one of our groups reached the temple and nabbed the accused.”

Members of the Bishnoi group pursued a prison case in opposition to Khan for the blackbuck capturing for 20 years. Khan was sentenced to 5 years in jail by an area courtroom for violating the Wildlife Safety Act in 2018.

However the penalty was suspended on enchantment simply days after Khan was despatched to jail, prompting Lawrence Bishnoi to warn quickly afterwards that his gang would take the regulation into their very own palms.

The gang chief has been accused of orchestrating a number of murders together with the killing of standard Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala in 2022.

Khan has starred in practically 150 movies and tv reveals since his first hit within the Nineteen Eighties, and stays considered one of Bollywood’s most bankable figures.