Salman Khan assassination plot: Killers were offered Rs 25 lakh to kill actor

The Navi Mumbai policersquos charge sheet in the Salman Khan assassination plot case by the Bishnoi gang has revealed chilling details about the murder and escape conspiracy The gang monitored Khanrsquos movements from his Bandra house to his Panvel farmhouse and Film City They planned to kill him in the same manner as Sidhu Moose Wala with weapons like AK47 M16 and AK92The shooters were offered a contract of R25 lakh to kill Salman Khan The planning took place between August 2023 and April 2024 before the Panvel police made the first arrest in the caseZishaan Zakrul Hasan Vaspi Mehmood Khan Gaurav Bhatia Dhananjay Singh Deepak Singh all accusedThe Panvel City police have chargesheeted several members of the Bishnoi gang The accused have been identified as Dhananjay Singh alias Ajay Kashyap arrested from Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Bhatia alias Nahayi alias Sandeep Bishnoi arrested from Gujarat Vaspi Mehmood Khan alias Waseem Chikna arrested from Sambhaji Nagar Zishaan Zakrul Hasan alias Javed Khan arrested from Uttar Pradesh Deepak Hawa Singh Gogaliya alias John WalmikiSinister plotThe plan was orchestrated by Lawrence Bishnoi his brother Amol Goldy Brar and a Pakistani individual Dogar The accused formed a WhatsApp group to coordinate the attack with Dogar providing weapons from PakistanCrime Branch recovers a second gun used in incident File picPTIAround 60ndash70 people were involved in the conspiracy conducting surveillance on Salman Khanrsquos locations including his home and film setsThe information was received by investigating officer PI Nitin Thackeray on November 26 2023 The officials acted on this information and made the first arrest of Kashyap on April 28 this yearPurchasing of weaponsDuring the investigation officials discovered a WhatsApp video where the accused Kashyap was on a call with a wanted individual named Dogar in Pakistan In the video Dogar was displaying hightech weapons intended to be transported to India to kill Salman KhanSalman Khan PicInstagramldquoDogar said that we could purchase these hightech weapons but the amount needed to be transferred to our boss Goldy Brarrsquos account in Canada Once this was done the weapons could be transported from Pakistanrdquo the police noted in the charge sheetThe charge sheet also states that once the weapons were transported to India various shooters were stationed in Pune Raigad Thane Navi Mumbai and Gujarat on the orders of Goldy BrarldquoThe shooters awaited orders from Brar and Anmol Bishnoi to kill Salman Khan For the shootings they assigned people who were below 18 years of age Additionally the members assigned one person named John to provide a vehicle for the shooters to carry out the assassinationrdquo read the charge sheetThe escapeAfter killing Salman Khan the shooters were instructed to reach Kanyakumari from where they would be taken to Sri Lanka by boat From Sri Lanka they planned to escape to different countries to evade law enforcement agenciesThe accused Kashyap had rented a room in Panvel and stayed in Kalamboli Navi Mumbai to conduct reconnaissance of different locations associated with Salman Khan along with other gang membersFurther the police found that the accused Kashyap was in touch with the shooter assigned to kill Salman Khan and had Lawrence Bishnoirsquos picture on his WhatsApp status In one of the conversations with Kashyap the shooter can be heard saying ldquoLet Salman Khan roam in the bulletproof cars our shooters are going to kill himrdquo the charge sheet revealedApart from Navi Mumbai police the Mumbai CB is also investigating the firing case outside Salmanrsquos residence and the CB filed a charge sheet this monthldquoEvidence presented is based on imaginary WhatsApp chats The case is weak and there is no evidence against my clients accused numbers 1 and 2rdquo said Advocate Ankit Bangera representing accused Kashyap and Khan