For five days, Room No. 201 in a modest hotel in Mumbai’s Andheri East locality played host to two men who opened fire at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff. The room cost approximately Rs 1,500 a day, and the men staying there had identified themselves as residents of Haryana’s Hisar, concealing their identities while preparing for the attack.
The Kota city police arrested them from a train on Monday before handing them over to the Mumbai Police. The accused were brought to Mumbai early on Wednesday and formally arrested before being produced in a magistrate’s court. The police are also examining an incident in which a pistol supplied to the group was being tested at the hideout when a round misfired, although the men allegedly managed to conceal what had happened. The police have registered a case under provisions relating to attempt to murder and the Arms Act.
The hotel staff learnt about the episode only when the police arrived on October 20, two days after the alleged shooters had checked out. The three have been identified as Rehan alias Sukka, 18, from Sonipat in Haryana; Ritik Kurmi alias Roshan, 22, originally from Begusarai in Bihar and living in Mumbai; and Phool Singh, 18, from Haryana. READ | 3 Accused In Tiger Shroff Firing Case Sent To Police Custody Till October 31 The actor escaped relatively unhurt, but his driver and a bystander sustained injuries.
The men would leave the hotel each day in an auto-rickshaw to conduct reconnaissance, examining locations and making preparations for the attack, according to sources. Five to six rounds were fired at the vehicle, according to the Mumbai Police.
Three men accused of carrying out the attack were arrested in Rajasthan’s Kota earlier this week as they allegedly planned to flee to Nepal.
