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Anuj Thapan, the accused in the Salman Khan residence firing case who attempted suicide in custody, has been declared dead by doctors at the hospital, Mumbai Police said.
While the probe into the firing incident that took place on April 14 outside actor Salman Khan’s residence is going on, in a dramatic and sudden unfolding of events, accused Anuj Thapan committed suicide in police custody in the afternoon of May 1. What’s more shocking is that Anuj ended his life inside the toilet by tearing a bedsheet and creating a noose from the piece of the same bedsheet.
As per MEDIA report, “the deceased Anuj Thapan, 23, hanged himself inside the toilet of the lock-up using a bedsheet. He was rushed to the state-run GT Hospital, where he was declared dead during treatment, the official said. An accidental death report will be registered at Azad Maidan police station in south Mumbai.”
Details about Anuj Thapan
Anuj Thapan and Sonu Subhash Chander – arrested from Abohar village, in Punjab – are accused of allegedly delivering weapons to prime accused Sagar Pal, 21, and Vicky Gupta, 24in Panvel on March 15th. The advocate of the accused denied the allegation of delivering weapons to Pal and Gupta and stated that the two did not have any contact with Pal and Gupta. Three cases have been lodged against Thapan in the past, including attempted murder and extortion.
On April 23, Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch had recovered two pistols, three magazines along with 13 live cartridges, used in the firing outside actor Salman Khan’s house from Tapi River in Surat. A member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had provided the guns to Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, the suspects arrested in connection with the case, according to the police. The accused allegedly threw both guns into the Tapi after the firing incident.
On Saturday, the police invoked provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against alleged shooters Gupta and Pal as well as Bishnoi and Thapan, who are accused of supplying two firearms and bullets, and gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol, shown as wanted accused.
The accused were earlier booked under the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Arms Act. In the proceedings held on camera, the court sent Gupta, Pal, and Thapan to police custody till May 8 and remanded Bishnoi to judicial custody.