Audio: Bishnoi aide speaks on Tiger Shroff shooting, says sabka number aayega

The speaker warns in the audio clip that anyone associating with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will be targeted by the Bishnoi gang. The transnational criminal network has had a long-standing feud with him over the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.

In Short

• Anil Pandit claims responsibility for Tiger Shroff attack in audio clip
• He issues fresh threats to actor Salman Khan and his family
• Warns others in film industry against associating with Salman Khan

A man identifying himself as gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's aide has threatened to kill anybody who associates themselves with actor Salman Khan. In an audio clip that surfaced on Monday, the man, who identified himself as Anil Pandit, claimed responsibility for Sunday evening’s assassination attempt on actor Tiger Shroff.

In the audio, he is heard saying that Tiger Shroff had been warned against working with Khan, suggesting that as the motive for Sunday’s attempted attack.

The transnational Bishnoi gang has had a long-standing feud with Khan over allegations that the actor had hunted and killed two blackbucks in Rajasthan in the late 1990s.

The Bishnoi community holds the blackbuck, also known as the Indian antelope, as sacred.

The audio clip also contains a chilling "sabka number aayega (everyone will have their turn)" warning, directed at those who speak against Bishnoi in order to "gain fame."

It appeared to reiterate the claims made in an earlier social media post. "Whoever will work separately from us in the film industry, or will work with Salman Khan, we will kill him," the speaker is heard saying in the audio clip.

The man also demanded that Khan apologise to Lawrence Bishnoi and the entire Bishnoi community over the blackbuck poaching case, warning that he and his family would face dire consequences if he failed to do so.

The speaker said he and Harman Sandhu were responsible for the attack on Shroff.

WHO IS ANIL PANDIT?

Anil Pandit is said to be based out of North America. He purportedly runs the Bishnoi gang's activities from the United States and Canada.

He is wanted in several cases of extortion and firing in Delhi and other places.

The police have yet to verify the authenticity of the recent audio clip and the social media post.

The firing incident took place in Mumbai on Sunday evening. Three unidentified assailants fired multiple shots at Shroff's car in the city's Juhu area.

The chain of events leading to the incident is being pieced together, a police official said.

3 ACCUSED CAUGHT IN KOTA

Three men were arrested in Rajasthan's Kota on Monday in connection with the firing incident.

They were taken into custody from the Kota Junction railway station. The trio have been identified as the accused shooters.

They were travelling on the Pune-Jaipur Superfast Express.

Two other suspects have also been detained. One of them was caught from the Maharashtra-Gujarat border.

TIGER SHROFF'S DRIVER INJURED

According to Mumbai Police, Shroff's driver and another driver of an autorickshaw were injured in the Sunday attack.

The actor, meanwhile, escaped with burn injuries on his arm caused by gunpowder, according to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the Mumbai Police would track down those involved in the gun attack.

He had spoken to Shroff over the phone following the attack and assured him of support.

Investigators have obtained important leads about the identification of the accused and will arrest them soon, the CM told reporters in Nagpur.

The Mumbai Police have registered a case of attempt to murder against the three shooters in connection with the matter.

Relevant provisions of the Arms Act have also been invoked against the accused.

Police formed 15 teams to catch the perpetrators, an official, cited by news agency PTI, said.

The case is being investigated by the Mumbai Crime Branch in view of the seriousness of the offence, per officials.

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(With additional inputs from Chetan Gurjar, agencies)