Home / Mumbai / Mumbai News / Article / Rohit Shetty firing case: Accused used 'Signal' app to coordinate attack

Rohit Shetty firing case: Accused used 'Signal' app to coordinate attack

Mumbai Police probing the firing outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence have found that the accused used the Signal app to coordinate the attack and deleted chats post-incident. Five accused have been arrested, and weapons recovered as cyber experts trace messages

Listen to this article :
Five arrested accused are brought to the Killa court. PIC/ATUL KAMBLE

Five arrested accused are brought to the Killa court. PIC/ATUL KAMBLE

In the filmmaker Rohit Shetty firing incident, the investigation officers have found that the main accused — Shubham Lonkar — was using the ‘Signal’ application to chat with the shooters. The ‘Signal’ application is used for private chats, as per police officials.

A police officer said, “We found that the accused were using the Signal app to chat with each other, and after the firing, all deleted the app from their phones. With this app, they were also in touch with the main accused — Lonkar, a gang member of the Bishnoi gang. We are retrieving all the chats and taking help from the cyber experts.”

Trending Stories

Latest Photoscta-pos

Latest VideosView All

Latest Web StoriesView All

Mid-Day FastView All

Advertisement