He was attacked while leaving a Juhu playground after playing football on Sunday, when two shooters fired seven rounds on his BMW and then ran away on a bike with another accomplice. Because he had once praised Salman Khan, one of the accused has told the investigators who are probing the assassination attempt on the actor, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang targeted actor Tiger Shroff.
Now, in a fresh development, one of the them has revealed the real reason why the gang made Tiger Shroff their target. Police suspect the accused were receiving updates on the developments, and CCTV footage has also revealed that accused Rehan was constantly on his phone. The actor’s driver and one bystander were injured in the incident and a Lawrence Bishnoi gang member later claimed the responsibility for the attack. The accused were arrested from Pune-Jaipur Superfast Express at Kota Railway Station the next day. The close proximity between him and Salman Khan has already made headlines as the core cause, but the accused explained the instance which allegedly sparked the plan. The preliminary investigation so far suggests that the accused may have followed the police investigation updates on social media. Throughout the conspiracy, the shooters and their handlers used internet-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls to communicate.
The accused told officials that in 2022, Tiger Shroff had praised the Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor during a movie promotion event, saying that Salman was the only tiger in the film industry. Their enmity goes back to the 1999 when Salman Khan was allegedly accused of killing a blackbuck (Kala Hiran) during the shooting of the film Hum Saath-Saath Hain .
After firing shots at Tiger Shroff, the son of actor Jackie Shroff, the accused switched off their mobile phones and internet connections to evade the police, according to sources. The actor reportedly said he did not know who the attackers were, why they opened fire or who orchestrated the attack. A Crime Branch official said Shroff’s statement has not yet been recorded since he is disturbed by the incident.
This may have been one of the big reasons for the gangster to target Tiger Shroff as previously too the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has issued threats and acted against people considered close to Salman Khan. The animal is considered sacred in the Lawrence Bishnoi community and Lawrence has since then asked the actor to apologise or face consequences.
