Mumbai Police’s crime department stated on Wednesday that an accused who was detained in connection with gunfire at Bollywood celebrity Salman Khan’s home killed himself while being held in police custody.
According to an official, the suspect was sent to a hospital where he was not expected to live.
departed Using a bedsheet, 23-year-old Anuj Thapan hanged himself inside the locked-up bathroom.
After being sent to the GT Hospital, which is maintained by the state, he was pronounced dead while receiving treatment, the officer said.
At the south Mumbai police station, Azad Maidan, an accidental death report would be filed.
According to authorities, Thapan and Sonu Kumar Bishnoi were detained in Punjab for allegedly providing guns to Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, the shooters, who had previously been taken into custody.