Salman Khan Home Firing- Two accused in custody seek protection from Maha, Bihar government

New Delhi, September 3

The relatives of two accused in the firing outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan's house in Mumbai have written to the Maharashtra and Bihar governments, seeking their protection and alleging a conspiracy was being hatched to get them killed by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's henchmen.

One of the letters was written by Sonu Gupta, brother of accused Vicky Gupta, who belongs to Bihar's West Champaran district, and another was sent by Rahul Pal, brother of accused Sagar Pal, who too comes from the same area.

The letters allege that they would meet the same fate as their co-accused Anuj Thapan, who died in police custody in May.

Both the accused are currently lodged at Taloja Central Prison.The accused had allegedly heard some conspiracies being hatched about getting killed by Dawood Ibrahim's henchmen.

As per the case details, On April 14, two bike-borne men opened fire outside Salman Khan's residence in the suburban Bandra area. The duo identified later as Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal were traced from Gujarat. Their co accused Anuj Thapan was arrested on April 26 from Punjab along with one other person in the case. Thapan was found dead on May 1 inside the washroom of the crime branch's police lock-up.

While the police said Thapan killed himself, his mother Rita Devi alleged foul play and claimed that he was killed by police torture.