The firing at actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai’s Juhu on Sunday evening came six days after the second anniversary of the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, also in Mumbai — with both cases having an eerie similarity. In both cases, a man claiming to speak for the Lawrence Bishnoi gang cited proximity to Salman Khan as the reason why the men were attacked.
Gautam allegedly revealed that Lawrence’s younger brother Anmol Bishnoi, who had escaped to the US, ordered the hit. This is the first and last warning. He also named Harman Sandhu as his accomplice in ordering the attack. He died later at Lilavati Hospital. The killing took place while Mumbai Police was on high alert for the Dussehra festive season. Two men, Gurmail Singh and Dharmaraj Kashyap, were overpowered at the spot. The main shooter, Shivkumar Gautam, was later arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich while trying to flee to Nepal. Police alleged that Nitin Sapre supplied the three pistols used in the shooting. He remains at Tihar Jail in Delhi as he is facing multiple cases. Alleged shooters Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal were arrested in Gujarat. That phrase was repeated in Sunday’s audio clip by Anil Pandit. Navi Mumbai Police later arrested four gang members for allegedly reconnoitring the farmhouse and his work locations.
Both of them are currently in the US, police sources said, as is Shubham Lonkar, who claimed responsibility for Baba Siddique’s murder in 2024. Baba Siddique, 66, known for his proximity to several actors and for hosting parties for them, was shot dead by three assailants outside his son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Bandra (East) on the night of October 12, 2024. A special court later framed charges against 27 men. Anmol Bishnoi, the main wanted accused, was deported from the US in November 2025 and arrested by the NIA. On April 14, 2024, two bike-borne men fired at Salman Khan’s Galaxy Apartments in Bandra. Anuj Thapan, arrested for allegedly supplying the weapons, reportedly hanged himself in the police lock-up on May 1. He listed a threat letter in 2022, an email threat in March 2023 and an attempted intrusion at his Panvel farmhouse in January 2024.
Police said Tiger Shroff was unhurt and his driver was injured. In a voice recording that surfaced soon after, a man identifying himself as Anil Pandit said: “In the entire film industry, whoever works without aligning with us, or works with Salman Khan, will be killed. The shooters who killed Baba Siddique had conducted reconnaissance of his house and office for up to two months, according to police. Anmol Bishnoi had claimed the attack, calling it a “trailer” and the “first and last warning”. In his statement in the chargesheet, Salman Khan said he believed the gang fired “when my family members were sleeping”.
