Salman Khan case firing: Navi Mumbai police arrest fifth person in connection with the case

The statement said Gogalia had made accommodation arrangements for the other accused and also provided logistical and vehicle support.

Navi Mumbai police arrested a man from Haryana in connection with a plot to attack Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, taking the total number of persons apprehended in the case to five, an official said.

He is allegedly a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldie Brar gangs, the official said.

Earlier, the Panvel police had arrested four persons after getting a tip off in September-October last year about a conspiracy to harm the actor. The probe included infiltrating social media groups of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, police said.

Navi Mumbai police in a statement said Deepak Hawasingh Gogalia  and Jonny Walmiki (30) was arrested from Bhiwani in Haryana on Saturday.

The statement said Gogalia had made accommodation arrangements for the other accused and also provided logistical and vehicle support.

Gogalia was in touch with the other accused through video calls, it added.

The release said he was nabbed after Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 11), Panvel, Vivek Pansare sought the help of Bhiwani SP Varun Singhala and a Crime Branch team from Navi Mumbai left for the northern state.

Gogalia was produced before a magistrate in Bhiwani on Sunday, who granted Navi Mumbai police transit remand till June 5, the release said, adding he was being brought to Panvel.

On Saturday, DCP Pansare had told media that Panvel police station senior inspector Nitin Thackeray got inputs in September-October last year about a conspiracy to harm the actor.

Their probe found that four gang members had recced Salman Khan's farmhouse in Panvel, the area around his home at Bandra in Mumbai and places he visited for film shooting, the DCP had said.