As the Mumbai Crime Branch’s investigation in the firing case at the house of Bollywood’s famous film maker Rohit Shetty is progressing, shocking revelations of the deep conspiracies of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang are coming to light. Now investigation has revealed that the gang had used “dead drop” technique to carry out this entire incident, so that it could escape from the police.
Used dead drop technique
According to Crime Branch sources, mastermind Shubham Lonkar had designed this operation in such a way that if any single link is broken, the entire chain cannot be exposed. The arrested accused Swapnil Sakat and Siddharth Yenpure came to Mumbai from Pune on a scooter, but they did not meet the main shooter.
- Method of conspiracy-The accused parked the scooty at a secluded and fixed location and immediately returned to Pune.
- Delivery of weapon: The pistol used in the crime was kept hidden in the trunk of the scooter.
- Chain Cutting- The shooter went alone and picked up the scooter and weapon from that location, due to which the delivery people did not know who the shooter was.
‘Pune connection’ of weapons
Investigation has also made it clear that the pistol used in the firing was purchased from Pune at the behest of Shubham Lonkar. The police is now interrogating the accused Asaram Fasale and investigating the supply chain of the weapon. Ballistic experts are trying to find out whether the same pistol has been used in any crime before.
Sources said that the surprising thing is that many of the arrested accused are childhood friends of Shubham Lonkar. According to the police, these youth had jumped into this swamp after being influenced by the criminal image of Lonkar. Apart from Swapnil Sakat (who already has a case under Arms Act registered against him), no previous major criminal record of other accused has been found.
Police could not catch the main shooter
It has been six days since the incident, but the main shooter is still out of the reach of the police. Bishnoi gang’s strategy of working in different modules has made the investigation complicated. The biggest challenge for Mumbai Police now is to find the shooter, who holds the last link of this entire puzzle.

