Identified as Anuj Thapan, the accused, who allegedly supplied arms to the two shooters, was rushed to the Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital in Mumbai following his suicide attempt in the Crime Branch’s jail cell.Visuals shared on PTI from the hospital show a police van parked outside the hospital.
An update on ANI, the Mumbai Police confirmed, that Thapan “has been declared dead by doctors at the hospital.”
Sources indicated that Thapan was being held in the lock-up of the Crime Branch when he made the attempt to end his life. According to sources, ” He is said to be critical although, how he attempted to kill himself is still not clear.”
Thapan’s arrest by the Mumbai Crime Branch, along with another accused, Sonu Subhash Chander, on April 25, marked a significant development in the ongoing investigation into the firing incident that occurred outside Khan’s residence on April 14.
News of his attempted suicide comes just days after the Mumbai Police slapped him and the other accused – Vicky Gupta and Sagal Pal – with the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) besides the Indian Penal Code and Arms Act.
He was also sent to police custody till May 8, along with Gupta and Pal, as the investigators reportedly wanted to unravel the entire conspiracy behind the shooting and find out other possible ‘anti-national’ terror links.
The fourth accused, Sonu Chander Bishnoi (37), was remanded to judicial custody on health grounds.
