Rohit Shetty firing case: Mumbai Police arrests 6 more suspects, MCOCA invoked

Days after fire outside filmmaker Rohit Shettyrsquos residence in Mumbairsquos Juhu area the Mumbai Crime Branch has cracked the case in a major breakthrough arresting six more accused With the fresh arrests the police said a total of 11 people has been so far in nabbed including the main shooter in connection with the incidentThe firing took place on February 1 when unidentified assailants opened fire outside Shettyrsquos home triggering panic in the vicinityFiring at Shettys residence came after series of incidents threatening Bollywood celebrities and culprits claiming to be from from Lawrence Bishnoi gang The case was initially registered at Juhu Police Station Cr No 1262026 and later transferred to the AntiExtortion Cell of the Crime Branch for a thorough probeMCOCA invoked after key breakthroughAccording to officials five accused were arrested in the first phase of the investigation following which stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA were invokedAlong with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force STF and Haryana STF the Mumbai Crime Branch apprehended six more suspects in recent daysPolice confirmed that the key accused who allegedly fired at the filmmakerrsquos residence is among those recently arrested All 11 accused have been remanded to police custody until TuesdayThe operation was conducted under the supervision of senior Mumbai Police officials including Commissioner of Police Deven Bharti Joint CP Crime Lakhmi Gautam Additional CP Crime Shailesh Balkawade and DCP Detection Raj Tilak RoushanOfficials said further investigation is ongoing to determine the broader conspiracy behind the attackFiring outside Rohit Shettyrsquos home planned from PuneEarlier in February the Mumbai AntiExtortion Cell arrested four persons from Pune in connection with the firing incident outside filmmaker Rohit Shettyrsquos residence in Juhu Police also seized the twowheeler used in the crimeInvestigators have established that the arrested accused were in contact with Shubham Lonkar a resident of Akola and an alleged member of the Bishnoi gang who police say masterminded the firing Lonkar later claimed responsibility for the attack through social media postsHe is also one of the accused in the Baba Siddique murder case Police said that one of the arrested accused Swapnil Bandu Sakat was in direct contact with Lonkar and was actively involved in planning the incidentAccused arrestedSwapnil Bandu Sakat 23 unemployed and a resident of Vadgaon Pune Police say he was in regular contact with Lonkar and helped plan the firingSamarth Shivsharan Pomaji 19 a college student and resident of Gulmohar Society Dhayari Pune He allegedly helped arrange funds to purchase weapons and the twowheelerSiddharth Deepak Yenpure 19 a delivery executive and resident of Amrapali Society Dhayari Phata Pune He allegedly helped collect funds and arrange the twowheelerAditya Dnyaneshwar Gayaki 19 a salesman and resident of Karve Nagar Pune Police say he purchased the twowheeler for Rs 30000 and handed it over to the shooterA fifth accused the shooter is still absconding Police teams are conducting searches to trace himWhat happened at the spotAccording to police Rohit Shetty returned to his residence at Shetty Tower in Juhu around 10 pm on Saturday At around 1245 am he was on the seventh floor having dinner with his family Two bodyguards and two police personnel were present as part of his security detail