Tiger Shroff Shooting: Three Suspects Held as Film Bodies Say Gangsters Want to ‘Terrorize’ Bollywood — SkimNews
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- Mumbai Police detained three suspects in Kota, Rajasthan, after Sunday's 7 p.m. shooting near Pushpa Park in Juhu where attackers on a Pulsar motorcycle fired at Tiger Shroff's car as he returned from soccer; his driver Firdaus was hit in the left arm.
- Investigators believe the attackers scouted Shroff's Sunday soccer routine, waited roughly 45 minutes outside the Juhu ground, opened fire as he walked to his car, then abandoned the bike outside Andheri West station and caught a train toward Borivali.
- Tiger Shroff escaped direct hits but suffered hand injuries from gunpowder and flying glass per Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, who visited Sunday night; an autorickshaw driver named Chauhan was also injured and treated at Nanavati Hospital.
- Police filed a case for attempted murder, conspiracy and Arms Act violations, deployed 15 teams, and handed the probe to the Crime Branch; CM Devendra Fadnavis called Shroff to assure him and ordered a full report from Commissioner Deven Bharti.
- The Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility via social media, with a man identifying himself as Anil Pandit saying Shroff was targeted for continuing to work with Salman Khan and threatening anyone in Bollywood who works with him; police have not verified the claim.
- AICWA president Suresh Shyamlal Gupta said gangsters want to "terrorize Bollywood personalities and extort money," linking the attack to gunfire at Salman Khan's Galaxy Apartments, the January 2025 knife attack on Saif Ali Khan, and February's shooting at filmmaker Rohit Shetty's Juhu residence.
Why it matters: The Bishnoi gang's stated motive — punishing Shroff for his ties to Salman Khan — and the string of attacks on Khan, Rohit Shetty, Saif Ali Khan and politician Baba Siddique point to an extortion campaign against Bollywood's biggest names, prompting AICWA and FWICE to demand that Maharashtra arrest the network's alleged kingpins and grant protection to film industry figures and their families.
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