The Mumbai Police’s crime branch reported on Wednesday that a suspect arrested in connection with the firing incident at Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence has died by suicide in police custody.
The suspect, identified as Anuj Thapan, aged 23, was found to have hanged himself inside the lock-up’s toilet using a bedsheet.
Despite being taken to GT Hospital, he could not be saved and was pronounced dead during treatment.
Thapan, along with Sonu Kumar Bishnoi, was apprehended from Punjab for allegedly supplying weapons to shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, who had previously been arrested, as per police reports.
An accidental death report will be filed at the Azad Maidan police station in south Mumbai in connection with Thapan’s demise.
