Mumbai Police have said that none of the three men arrested for firing at actor Tiger Shroff’s car is a minor. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, DCP Raj Tilak Roshan also said two of the accused had fired five to six rounds at the vehicle, and that the motive is still unknown.
Ages and home states of the accused
According to the PTI report, the DCP said one accused is 18 years old, while the other two are 22. “Two accused are from Haryana, and one is from Bihar. Two of the three arrested assailants had fired five to six rounds at Tiger Shroff’s car,” he said.The motorcycle used in the attack was found in Mumbai’s Andheri area. No weapon has been recovered from the suspects so far. “Mumbai Police have taken custody of the three suspects and are bringing them to Mumbai from Rajasthan,” he said.
Motive yet to be found
Raj Tilak Roshan said no earlier complaint about a threat to the actor had been received. “The motive behind firing on the actor is not yet ascertained. We will find it out after interrogating the suspected assailants,” the DCP added.
Suspects caught on the train in Kota
According to the DCP, the suspects were caught from a train in Kota, Rajasthan, within 15 hours of the incident. The operation was carried out by 20 special teams of the crime branch, with technical and operational help from the Delhi, Gujarat and Rajasthan police.“Following the attack, crime branch teams analysed technical footprints and recovered the motorcycle used in the crime near Andheri (West) railway station. Tracing the vehicle owner’s details, investigators tracked the suspects’ escape route to Surat, where they boarded the Pune-Jaipur train,” the DCP said.Mumbai Police shared real-time information with their counterparts in Kota, who stopped the train at Kota junction and caught all three men within minutes of its arrival. “A special Mumbai crime branch team has taken custody of all three suspects from Rajasthan Police and is bringing them to the metropolis for interrogation,” the DCP added.
What happened on Sunday evening
The attack on the ‘War’ star took place on a busy Sunday evening and was captured on video. The clip shows shots being fired at close range at his car. Tiger, 36, who is the son of veteran actor Jackie Shroff, escaped relatively unhurt, but his driver and a bystander were injured.A case was registered at the Juhu police station under sections 109(1) (attempt to murder) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, read with Sections 3 and 25 of the Arms Act.
Anti-Extortion Cell takes over probe
The investigation has now been handed over to the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Crime Branch. Roshan said police are verifying social media claims in which some people purportedly accepted responsibility for the shooting.“The firearms used in the crime are yet to be recovered, and police are probing all potential angles, including whether any handlers or external conspirators were involved,” he added.