In a video shared by the police, a diver emerges from the river with a gun.

Two pistols used by the shooters to open fire at Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s Mumbai home were recovered from a river in Gujarat, police said on Tuesday. Divers also recovered three magazines and 13 cartridges from Tapi river in Surat.

The shooters – 24-year-old Vicky Gupta and 21-year-old Sagar Pal – who fired five rounds at the actor’s Galaxy Apartment home in Bandra on the morning of April 14, were arrested from Gujarat last week. Police said they were allegedly receiving instructions from jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol.

In a video shared by the police, a diver is seen emerging from the river with a gun and a magazine in his hand. While only one gun was used, police said Gupta and Pal were given one gun each to carry out the shooting. He said Pal allegedly fired the gun at Gupta on the motorcycle he was riding.

Last week, police listed Bishnoi, who is lodged in Gujarat’s Sabarmati Central Jail in another case, and his brother, who is believed to be in Canada or the US, as “wanted accused” in the case. Was named. After the firing, a social media post appeared in the name of Anmol Bishnoi claiming responsibility for the attack.

According to police sources, the shooters were allegedly paid Rs 1 lakh to carry out the attack to scare the Bollywood actor, but not to injure him. Before the attack, the duo had also conducted a ‘reconnaissance’ of Mr Khan’s farmhouse in Panvel. The accused purchased multiple SIM cards and kept changing them repeatedly at different places.

Mumbai Crime Branch has registered a case of attempt to murder and criminal intimidation.
The police are also ready to record the statement of Mr Khan as a witness in the case.