The 3 were caught on CCTV camera at Andheri station, where they abandoned their bike
Police tracked the three—Phool Singh Naresh, Rehan Rahiussudin Ansari, both 18 and from Sonipat in Haryana, and Hrithik Kumar alias Roshan (22), who moved from Bihar’s Begusarai to Mumbai four years ago—to Andheri station, where they abandoned a bike bought a week earlier for Rs 25,000.
“They took an aggregator cab to Surat station and boarded an unreserved coach of Pune-Jaipur Express,” said a Juhu police officer. Tejaswini Gautam, SP of Kota police, which made the arrests, said no firearm was recovered from the suspects. it has been decided that the team would not travel at night in view of security measures and would leave Kota after ensuring all safety arrangements, said a senior Kota police official While the custody of the three suspects has been handed over to Mumbai police. “Ansari and Kumar allegedly mingled with fans outside the venue and opened fire before fleeing on a bike,” said Gautam. The CM, who also holds the home portfolio, said the masterminds were operating from outside Maharashtra and possibly abroad.
They had planned to escape to Nepal via Jaipur and Delhi. Its ownership transfer was pending. Mumbai police have provided additional security to Shroff, who has denied receiving any threat call. Police are yet to establish whether the objective was to kill the actor, intimidate him or carry out the firing as part of an extortion attempt. The three men have reportedly been lodged at a Kota police station with heavy security deployment. The suspects allegedly conducted a reconnaissance before targeting Shroff’s car as he left a birthday celebration at a Juhu park. Police suspect they chose Sunday to carry out the attack owing to relatively lighter traffic, potentially making it easier for them to escape. Fadnavis lauded police for acting swiftly by identifying the accused overnight and then tracking their movements. “We will coordinate with other states and seek the Centre’s help. Everyone linked to this incident will be brought to justice. No one will be spared.”
Kota/Mumbai: Three suspected assailants were arrested from a train at Kota Junction in Rajasthan on Monday, a day after they allegedly shot at actor Tiger Shroff ’s car, injuring his driver and a vlogger.