New Delhi, May 2
In a sudden turn of events, one of the four arrested accused in the Salman Khan house firing case, Anuj Thapan died by suicide at a Mumbai police lock-up on May 1.
Anuj Thapan (21) was one of the accused arrested and lodged in Mumbai police custody in the firing case. Thapan, a resident of Punjab, had allegedly supplied weapons to the shooters who fired shots outside the actor's Bandra home on April 14.
This is the third custodial suicide incident that has taken place in the past nine-months in various police lock-ups of Mumbai police.
The Mumbau Police stated that Thapan and five others were in the lock-up last morning. Around 11 am, he went to the toilet. When he did not come out for a long time, police forced open the door and found him hanging by a bedsheet. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died during treatment.
The Mumbai Police crime branch arrested Thapan and Sonu Kumar Bishnoi from Punjab's Fazilka on April 26. They had allegedly supplied weapons to Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, who are accused of firing at Salman Khan's residence.
Among the accused in the firing case are gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol Bishnoi. Anmol Bishnoi had earlier claimed responsibility for the firing outside Salman Khan's home.
Abhishek Thapan, the brother of the deceased accused, said that Anuj was not the kind of person who would commit suicide and demanded justice.
The Mumbai Police have assigned the Mumbai Crime Branch and Maharashtra CID to probe the suicide of Thapan.
