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In major setback for cops, accused allegedly hanged himself inside lock-up “using rope torn from floor mat”

The deceased was housed in the lock-up with 10 other inmates and was under the supervision of four to five policemen. Anuj and the other accused, Sonu Subhash Chander, reportedly provided the weapons used in the shooting incident outside the Mumbai home of Salman Khan on April 14.

Salman Khan firing case: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey has raised suspicions of a ’’big conspiracy’’ following the death of Anuj Thapan

He was rushed to the nearest hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Thapan was identified as one of the arms suppliers involved in the firing incident outside actor Salman Khan’s house. The state CID is conducting an investigation into Thapan’s suicide case - Newsx

The probe initiated by the judicial magistrate is being carried out under section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and all related documents have been submitted, a police official said.

The post-mortem, which was videographed, was done in the presence of forensic doctors, he said. For more updates, follow news18.com

Mumbai, May 2 (PTI) The state-run JJ hospital in south Mumbai on Thursday conducted a post-mortem on the body of Anuj Thapan, an accused in the firing outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence who allegedly hanged himself in police lock-up, an official said.

Lawrence Bishnoi, who is lodged in the Sabarmati central prison in Ahmedabad, and his younger brother Anmol who is believed to be in the US or Canada, are wanted accused in the case. Anmol had claimed responsibility for the firing through a Facebook post, though its IP address was traced to Portugal, police had said earlier.

In a sensational development, one of the prime accused in the firing at Salman Khan's home, Anuj Thapan, died after an alleged suicide attempt in a Mumbai Police lockup on Wednesday, an official said.The incident took place shortly before noon ...

How did two separate teams from city fail to net shooters despite clear head-start, ceding credit to Guj cops? Top sources give mid-day the low-down