Salman Khan house firing case: Anmol Bishnoi gave 'motivational' speech to shooters, said: 'You guys will script history'

Salman Khan

According to the chargesheet filed by the Mumbai police’s crime branch, Anmol Bishnoi had asked Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal - the shooters - to do their work 'well' because it will 'script history'.

In a major development in Salman Khan house firing case, it has come to be known that Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Bishnoi had given a nine-minute long speech to shooters before they opened fire at the actor's Bandra residence in April this year.

“Do this work well. After the work is completed, you guys will script history,” he told the shooters, according to the 1,735-page chargesheet.

In the speech, which was an audio message, Anmol Bishnoi had further said: "Do not be afraid at all while doing this work. Doing this work means bringing a change in the society. Fire shots in such a manner that it scares Salman Khan.

According to the chargesheet, the shooters were also asked not to wear helmets while carrying out the shooting in the wee hours.

Two days ago, Salman Khan had told police that he believed the Lawrence Bishnoi gang carried out the firing with the intention to kill him and his family members.

The actor's statement was part of the chargesheet filed by Mumbai Police in a court here in connection with the incident.

He heard a firecracker-like sound while being asleep at his residence in Galaxy Apartments in the early hours of April 14, Salman Khan told police.

His police bodyguard told him around 4.55 am that two people on motorbike had fired at the first-floor balcony, he said.

There had been attempts to hurt him and his family earlier, Salman Khan said, adding that his bodyguard lodged a complaint regarding the firing at Bandra police station.

Salman Khan learnt later that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol Bishnoi had confessed and taken responsibility of the attack in a Facebook post, the statement said.

Lawrence Bishnoi and his gang members had talked about killing Salman Khan and his relatives earlier too, the statement said, adding, "So, I believe that Lawrence Bishnoi, with the help of his gang members, carried out the firing incident when my family members were sleeping and (they were) planning to kill me and my family members." He and his family had received several other threats in recent years, the actor told police.

In 2022, a threat letter was found on a bench opposite his building, while in March 2023, they received an email threat from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, he said.

Two unidentified persons tried to trespass into his farmhouse near Panvel using fake identities in January 2024, the actor noted.

Police filed the 1,735-page charge sheet in the firing case before the special court for Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act cases earlier this month.

The court recently took cognizance of the charge sheet, saying that prima facie there was enough material to proceed against the six arrested accused.

Those arrested in the case were Vickykumar Gupta, Sagarkumar Pal, Sonukumar Bishnoi, Anujkumar Thapan (now deceased), Mohd Rafiq Choudhary and Harpal Singh.

Thapan allegedly committed suicide in police custody after his arrest. The other five are now in judicial custody. (With PTI inputs)