Lawrence Bishnoi Bought ₹4 Lakh Rifle To Kill Salman Khan In 2018: Report

Mumbai: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who’s being questioned in connection with Sidhu Moosewala’s murder, has allegedly revealed during interrogation that he “wanted to kill” Salman Khan in 2018 over the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.

According to a report in News18.com, Bishnoi revealed that he had asked a Rajasthan-based gangster and his accomplice, Sampat Nehra, to conduct a recce of the actor’s house in Mumbai’s Bandra.

However, at that time Nehra could not take a clear shot at Salman Khan as he had only a pistol. The gangster then ordered 4 lakh RK spring rifles through a man named Dinesh Fauji, who lived in the same village where Nehra lived.

The payment was allegedly made to Anil Pandey, an associate of Dagar. This rifle was later recovered from Dagar’s possession in 2018.

Last month it was also reported that three members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had given threatening letters to Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan.

The letter reportedly threatened that Salman Khan and his father would meet the fate of Moosewala, who was killed in broad daylight in Punjab’s Mansa on May 29.

Further, he revealed that he wanted to kill the actor for his alleged wrongdoing with the Bishnoi community by killing a black deer or chinkara. He had also planned to kill her on the sets of Ready in 2011 but that plan failed due to a problem.

Khan was sentenced to five years in prison by a Jodhpur court in April 2018 for killing two blackbucks in October 1998. The actor has challenged the sentence. Khan was lodged in Jodhpur Jail for some time in this case and was later transferred to Bharatpur Jail.

Meanwhile, Salman Khan’s security has been tightened following the recovery of the threat letter.

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