MUMBAI: Inside 14 hours after a garment dealer and his burqa-clad girlfriend on a scooter allegedly pranked actor Salman Khan‘s producer-screenwriter father Salim Khan at Bandra promenade by invoking the identify of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, police arrested Umar Asif Shaikh (26) and Ashma Shaikh (22) from Sewri on Wednesday, reported.
“Throughout interrogation, Umar mentioned he had carried out the risk as a prank to impress his girlfriend,” mentioned a police officer.
On Wednesday, at 8.45am, after his morning stroll at Bandra promenade, Khan (88) was resting close to Windermere constructing, round 250m away from his Galaxy Flats residence, when Umar halted his scooter subsequent to him. Umar allegedly requested, “Lawrence Bishnoi ko bheju kya? (Shall I ship Lawrence Bishnoi?)”, and rode away.
A shocked Khan instructed his bodyguard constable Deepak Borse that he managed to memorise solely 4 digits of the scooter’s quantity plate – 7444. Primarily based on a grievance , Bandra police registered a case. DCP (Zone IX) Raj Tilak Roshan supervised a group, comprising senior inspector Sanjay Marathe, inspector Pradeep Kerkar, assistant inspectors Vijay Acharekar, Bajrang Jagtap, Tushar Sawant and Bandra police station detection workers, that scanned 80 CCTV footages from Carter Highway to Sewri, recognized the scooter and its registration quantity, and obtained the proprietor’s handle from RTO. By night, police reached Sewri and arrested Umar and Ashma. The duo has been booked beneath the BNS sections 292 (public nuisance), 353 (2) (public mischief), and three (5) (felony act completed with frequent intention).
Wednesday’s incident comes within the backdrop of safety issues for Salman and his members of the family, together with the April 14 taking pictures incident exterior their Bandra residence, and risk letter discovered by Salim Khan in June 2022.
“Throughout interrogation, Umar mentioned he had carried out the risk as a prank to impress his girlfriend,” mentioned a police officer.
On Wednesday, at 8.45am, after his morning stroll at Bandra promenade, Khan (88) was resting close to Windermere constructing, round 250m away from his Galaxy Flats residence, when Umar halted his scooter subsequent to him. Umar allegedly requested, “Lawrence Bishnoi ko bheju kya? (Shall I ship Lawrence Bishnoi?)”, and rode away.
A shocked Khan instructed his bodyguard constable Deepak Borse that he managed to memorise solely 4 digits of the scooter’s quantity plate – 7444. Primarily based on a grievance , Bandra police registered a case. DCP (Zone IX) Raj Tilak Roshan supervised a group, comprising senior inspector Sanjay Marathe, inspector Pradeep Kerkar, assistant inspectors Vijay Acharekar, Bajrang Jagtap, Tushar Sawant and Bandra police station detection workers, that scanned 80 CCTV footages from Carter Highway to Sewri, recognized the scooter and its registration quantity, and obtained the proprietor’s handle from RTO. By night, police reached Sewri and arrested Umar and Ashma. The duo has been booked beneath the BNS sections 292 (public nuisance), 353 (2) (public mischief), and three (5) (felony act completed with frequent intention).
Wednesday’s incident comes within the backdrop of safety issues for Salman and his members of the family, together with the April 14 taking pictures incident exterior their Bandra residence, and risk letter discovered by Salim Khan in June 2022.
