Last Updated on 02/09/2024 by Ankita
Mumbai Galaxy Apartment firing case: Relatives of the two accused arrested in the firing case at superstar Salman Khan’s house have expressed the fear of being attacked in jail. The families of both the shooters have written a letter to the Maharashtra and Bihar governments and said that arrangements should be made for the security of the accused as soon as possible. Both the attackers are currently lodged in Taloja Central Jail.
Accused Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal created a sensation by firing at actor Salman Khan’s house in Bandra area of Mumbai on April 14 this year. Now shooter Vicky Gupta’s brother Sonu Gupta has written a letter to the government. He is a resident of Majharia in West Champaran, Bihar.
Similarly, the second letter has been written by shooter Sagar Pal’s brother Rahul Pal. He also hails from the same area of Bihar. Both the accused are currently lodged in Taloja Central Jail and it is being said that the brothers of both the accused who wrote the letter had met the accused in jail, where they were told that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s henchmen are plotting to kill them.
In the letter written to the Maharashtra and Bihar governments, it has been alleged that he will also be killed like his co-accused Anuj Thapan. Advocate Amit Mishra, representing both the accused Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal in the court, said that a copy of the letters will also be submitted to the court on Tuesday to take cognizance of the arrest of the accused.
Let us tell you that on April 14 this year, two bike-borne attackers opened fire outside actor Salman Khan’s house Galaxy Apartment in Bandra area. After this sensational incident, both the shooters Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal were arrested from Gujarat.
While the third accused, Anuj Thapan (32), was arrested along with another man from Punjab on April 26, he was found dead in the toilet of the Crime Branch police lock-up on May 1. The police claim that Anuj Thapan committed suicide, while his mother Rita Devi, in her petition filed on May 3, alleged foul play and claimed that he was murdered.
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