A special court in Mumbai issued Non-Bailable Warrants (NBW) against Anmol Lovinder Singh Bishnoi and Rawtaram Santdas Swami for their involvement in the firing outside Salman Khan’s residence.
Salman Khan house firing case (Credits: PTI)
A special court in Mumbai has issued Non-Bailable Warrants (NBW) against two accused in connection with the firing outside actor Salman Khan’s Bandra residence.
The development came after Special Public Prosecutor, Wajid Shaikh, appearing for the crime branch, moved an application for a hearing in the case.
As the court granted the hearing, Shaikh moved two applications for the issuance of NBWs against Anmol Lovinder Singh Bishnoi – alias Bhanu alias Bhaiji, and Rawtaram Santdas Swami – alias Rohit Godara.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Dattatraya Nale, along with more police officers from the crime branch, were present at the court when Shaikh sought a standing NBW against the two.
Shaikh argued that during the investigation, the police learnt that this offence had been committed by the wanted accused-Lawrence Bishnoi, and his brother Anmol Bishnoi through their organised crime syndicate.
Shaikh argued that the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) have been invoked in this case by following a legal procedure and that the competent authority had issued sanctions order for the same.
Shaikh pointed to the complicity of both accused and submitted that Anmol was in contact with other associates in this crime through Signal app.
He also said Anmol provided economic help and firearms, and explosive substances.
Shaikh added that Anmol, in a social media post, claimed responsibility for the act.
“Not only this, Anmol, in various social media posts, had also threatened to kill the actor. The IP address used for publishing these posts on social media was traced to be from a Portugal country. Thus, it revealed that he committed the crime being abroad, through his associates in India,” submitted Shaikh.
Shaikh also elaborated on Rawtaram’s complicity in the crime, as he too was found to be living abroad.
“Even prior to this, both the accused had committed similar offences while staying out of India and a case had been registered in Jawahar Police Circle, Jaipur (Rajasthan) against both of them,” submitted Shaikh.
The Mumbai Police had attempted to catch both the accused at Abhor, in Punjab’s Fazilka and in Rajasthan’s Lunkaransar and Bikaner.
The accused could not be nabbed even after a special squad was appointed to trace him.
Police had issued Look Out Circulars too against them, but since the two accused are still out of bound, Shaikh submitted that for further procedure to issue Red Corner Notice against them, it was required to issue a non-bailable warrant.
Special judge BD Shelke had recently perused the chargesheet filed by the crime branch in connection with the case and had issued process.
After hearing the case, Judge Shelke said that there was “reason to believe that the two have absconded, or they will not obey the summons. Hence, a standing non-bailable warrant is required to be issued against both these accused in view of Section 90(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) to secure their presence and to follow further procedure for issuing Red Notice against them.”
