Bishnoi gang planned Moose Wala-like hit on Salman: Chargesheet

A detailed analysis of intelligence gathered, including technical examination of suspects’ mobile phones, formation of a WhatsApp group, tower locations, and eyewitness audio and video calls, suggests that members of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang were planning to kill actor Salman Khan with sophisticated weapons from Pakistan including AK-47, the chargesheet filed by the Panvel police said.
The attack was allegedly planned to be carried out either during the movie shoot or while leaving he was leaving his Panvel farmhouse, with the intention to kill Khan in a manner similar to Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder, according to the chargesheet. The Panvel police submitted a 350-page chargesheet against five Bishnoi gang members to the Panvel magistrate court last week, detailing the plot, planned attack and escape routes.
The chargesheet was filed against five accused: Dhananjay Tapsingh alias Ajay Kashyap (28), Gautam Vinod Bhatia (29), Vaspi Mehmood Khan alias China (36), Rizwan Hassan alias Javed Khan (25), and Deepak Hawasingh alias John Walmiki (30). The police have invoked IPC Sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 115 (abetment), and 506 (2) (criminal intimidation).
In early April, Panvel police inspector Nitin Thackeray got intelligence reports about Bishnoi gang members planning an attack on Khan. Investigations revealed jailed gangster Bishnoi had given a Rs 25,00,000 supari (contract) to gang members to attack Khan. The gang used a WhatsApp group with 15-16 members, including Bishnoi’s Canada-based cousin Anmol Bishnoi, Goldy Brar, Ajay Kashyap, Vinod Bhatia, Vaspi Mehmood Khan alias China and Rizwan Hassan Khan to communicate and execute the attack.
Police have identified Sukha Shooter and Dogar from Pakistan, who were supposed to supply sophisticated weapons like AK-47, M 16, or M 5. Kashyap rented a house near Khan’s Panvel farmhouse to understand the area’s topography. Kashyap and Javed China had already conducted recce of Khan’s farmhouse in Panvel, Film City in Goregaon, and his Bandra residence. The chargesheet includes Call Detail Reports, Software Defined Radio (SDR), GPS locations, WhatsApp call logs, and CCTV footage from a Panvel autorickshaw stand where gang members regularly met to execute the plot. SDR works on an embedded software-oriented high-end algorithm.