Actor Tiger Shroff was involved in a shooting incident near Juhu police station after leaving a party
The firing took place around 7pm, barely 350 metres from Juhu police station. A third person, identified by police as 35-year-old Umesh Charan, was also injured. A BMC press release stated that he was brought to the hospital’s casualty department at 7.10pm with a gunshot wound sustained around 6.30pm in Vile Parle West while covering a football match featuring Shroff.
The vehicle was slowly exiting the venue when two assailants, standing amid a crowd of onlookers, stepped in front of the car and opened fire repeatedly, according to police. A senior doctor said the actor had suffered minor abrasions from glass fragments, while Firdaus had a foreign body lodged in his left hand following the bullet injury and was likely to require surgery. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mohit Garg later said Shroff had not sustained any gunshot injuries. Dean of BMC-run Cooper Hospital in Juhu, he sustained a bullet wound on the right side of his chest, according to Dr Chhaya Shinde. He was stable but required immediate surgery, a doctor said. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility for the attack in a social media post and voice note, though police said they were verifying the authenticity of the material.
A video of the incident circulating on social media appears to show one of the shooters struggling to fire when he approaches the car window at close range. Shroff was initially taken to Nanavati Hospital along with his driver. The post, attributed to Bishnoi aide Anil Pandit, named Pandit and Harman Sandhu as those taking responsibility for the attack. The incident has once again brought the safety of public figures and ordinary citizens in Mumbai into focus as police continue their investigation.
Siddique’s son Zeeshan, who has previously raised concerns about threats to his own security, expressed shock over the attack. MUMBAI: Actor Tiger Shroff escaped a firing attack on his car near Juhu police station on Sunday evening after unidentified assailants opened fire as he was leaving a birthday party at Pushpa Narsee Park, also known as Jamnabai Nursery.