The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for a shooting outside the Juhu residence of Bollywood director and producer Rohit Shetty on Sunday. Speaking to HT, police officials have detained at least four people suspected to be involved in the incident.
Members of the forensic team removed a broken glass pane from filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s balcony. (PTI)when Bishnoi gang Claiming responsibility for the attack on social media, the Mumbai Police is working to verify the veracity of the claim.
After the incident, Mumbai Crime Branch Mumbai Police on Monday said it has formed 12 special teams to nab the suspects involved in the shooting outside the residence of Bollywood director and producer Rohit Shetty.
Police officials said the assailants fired four rounds outside the Bollywood film director’s house around 1 am on Sunday.
Heavy police security was deployed around Shetty’s residential tower soon after the shooting.
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Officials added that an investigation into the shooting is underway and all possible angles are being explored. No casualty was reported in this incident.
What does the post say?According to reports, the post, written in Hindi, translated into a direct and violent threat against the Bollywood director.
“Ram Ram, Jai Bajrang Bali to all brothers. Today, we, Shubham Lonkar, Arju Bishnoi, Hari Boxer, and Harman Shandu, are taking responsibility for firing at film director Rohit Shetty’s house in Mumbai. We messaged him many times not to interfere with our work, but he did not understand. It is only a small listen, if he can win the next bull.” Home – they would be inside her bedroom, on her chest,” the post alleged.
“This is a warning to the entire Bollywood industry: mend your ways or you will be worse off than Baba Siddique. We are the ones who fall in line or you will leave the hiding place. And to our enemies, be prepared; wait and see,” the note added.
(With inputs from HT correspondents, ANI)
