Two held for plot to kill Salman Khan get bail

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to two men arrested last year in connection with an alleged conspiracy of the Bishnoi gang to kill actor Salman Khan near his farmhouse in Panvel.

Justice NR Borkar granted the bail applications of Gaurav Bhatia, alias Sandeep Bishnoi, and Waspi Mehmud Khan. The Navi Mumbai Police had claimed last year that these two men, along with the other accused, had conducted a recce at Salman Khan’s farmhouse at Panvel, near Mumbai, the area around his house in Bandra, and some places he visited for film shooting.

Subsequently, a case was registered against 18 members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill the Bollywood star.

Two members of the Bishnoi gang had opened fire outside Khan’s Bandra apartment earlier in April 2024. Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, his absconding brother Anmol, Sampat Nehra, Goldie Brar and Rohit Godhara were among the persons named in the FIR.