Salman Khan firing case: CID records statements of deceased accused Thapan's kin

The state Crime Investigation Department CID on Saturday recorded the statement of three family members of Anuj Thapan an accused in the firing incident outside actor Salman Khans house who died allegedly by suicide in police custody an official said reported PTISalman Khan firing case CID records statementsThe CID recorded the statements of Thapans relatives Vikram Kumar Kuldeep Kumar and Jaswant Singh the official said reported PTIThe family members claimed the body which will be taken to Punjab for last rites he said reported PTISalman Khan firing case Thapan was found hangingThapan 32 who was arrested from Punjab for allegedly supplying firearms and bullets to the arrested shooters was found hanging on Wednesday inside the toilet of the Mumbai Crime Branchs lockup located in the commissionerate complexThe staterun JJ Hospital on Thursday conducted the postmortem in the presence of forensic doctorsSalman Khan firing case The firing incidentThapan is among six persons named in FIR of the firing incidentWhile four of them have been arrested gangster Lawrence Bishnoi currently lodged in a jail in neighbouring Gujarat and his brother Anmol Bishnoi have been shown as wanted accusedThapan and Sonu Kumar Bishnoi 32 were arrested by a crime branch team from Fazilka in Punjab on April 26 The two had allegedly supplied weapons to shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta for firing at Salman Khans residence on April 14 reported PTISalman Khan firing case Thapan and Sonu Bishnoi visited PanvelAccording to the police Thapan and Sonu Bishnoi visited Panvel near Mumbai on March 15 to deliver two countrymade pistols and 38 live rounds to Pal and Gupta reported PTIThapan and Sonus village in Punjab is very close to jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnois villageThe matter pertains to April 14 morning when two men came on a motorbike fired four rounds outside Salman Khans Galaxy Apartments and fled CCTV footage showed that both accused sported caps and carried backpacks The clip also showed them firing in the direction of the actors home After the arrest of the accused Kutch DSP AR Zankant said preliminary investigations revealed that the accused were in contact with the Lawrence Bishnoi gangMumbai Crime Police arrested both the shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta as well as the two arms suppliers Sonu Subhash Chander and Anuj Thapan were also arrestedMeanwhile a lookout notice has been issued against Anmol Bishnoi the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with the caseWith inputs from PTI