According to the police, one of the accused, identified as Hritik, was allegedly riding the motorcycle, which appears to be a Bajaj Pulsar 220, while Rehan and Phool Singh were the two men who opened fire.
Mumbai Police are investigating the purchase of a motorcycle on September 11 as a potential lead in the shooting targeting Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff. The motorcycle was traced to the Andheri West area of Mumbai, a day after the shooting incident which took place in the Juhu area. The police are probing whether it was purchased specifically for the attack or had been used earlier to conduct reconnaissance of the area.
According to the police, one of the accused, identified as Hritik, also spelt Ritik and reportedly known as Roshan, was allegedly riding the motorcycle, which appears to be a Bajaj Pulsar 220, while Rehan and Phool Singh were the two men who opened fire. Police are investigating who arranged the vehicle, who carried out the shooting and whether the accused had received instructions or assistance from other individuals.
Mumbai Police have said that all three accused are adults, dismissing earlier reports that one of them was a minor. Deputy Commissioner of Police Raj Tilak Roushan said at a press conference on Monday that one of the accused was 18 years old and the other two were 22.
How Mumbai Police Tracked The Accused
The three suspects were arrested on Monday morning from a train at Kota railway station in Rajasthan after Mumbai Police tracked their movements following the shooting in Juhu.
According to Kota Superintendent of Police Tejaswani Gautam, the suspects were travelling in the general coach of the Pune-Jaipur Superfast Express when it stopped at the station at 10;17 am. The operation to intercept them was completed in approximately 15 minutes.
The accused were identified as Hritik alias Roshan, from Begusarai in Bihar, Rehan, from Sonipat in Haryana, and Phool Singh, also from Haryana.
Mumbai Police said approximately 20 special Crime Branch teams had been formed to investigate the shooting.
DCP Roushan said the motorcycle was traced near Andheri West railway station, after which police followed the suspects’ movements towards northern Mumbai and then Surat. Police subsequently established that the men had boarded the Pune-Jaipur Express.
Kota city police subsequently handed the three men over to Mumbai Police.
