{"id":55868,"date":"2026-10-20T21:39:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=55868"},"modified":"2026-10-20T21:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:39:56","slug":"tiger-shroff-was-not-the-orignal-target-of-the-shooters-says-mumbai-police-the-three-shooters-were-targeting-a-prominent-bollywood-celebrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=55868","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Shroff was not the orignal target of the shooters, says Mumbai police: &#8216;The three shooters were targeting a prominent Bollywood celebrity&#8217; |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-135072075,imgsize-152175,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/tiger-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger Shroff was not the orignal target of the shooters, says Mumbai police: 'The three shooters were targeting a prominent Bollywood celebrity'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A fresh development has emerged in the firing incident involving actor Tiger Shroff, with the Mumbai Crime Branch claiming that the shooters had allegedly planned to target another prominent Bollywood celebrity before turning their attention to him.<!-- --> According to the police, the accused could not reach their original target because of the celebrity\u2019s tight security arrangements.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>&#8220;Tiger Shroff was not the shooters\u2019 original target. The three shooters were targeting a prominent Bollywood celebrity. However, the celebrity\u2019s security was so tight that the shooters were unable to target them,&#8221; said the Mumbai Crime Branch, according to ANI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The shooters allegedly chose Tiger Shroff as an alternative target, believing it would be easier to reach him. <!-- -->&#8220;Later, the shooters decided to target Tiger Shroff, believing he would be an easier target, and opened fire at him instead,&#8221; the Mumbai Crime Branch added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police have taken custody of three suspects who were arrested in Rajasthan\u2019s Kota in connection with the firing incident. A local court granted the Maharashtra Police a 48-hour transit remand, allowing the team to bring the accused to Mumbai for further investigation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Following the court&#8217;s order, the Mumbai Police reportedly changed their original plan for transporting the suspects and implemented an alternative strategy referred to as \u2018Plan B\u2019. The three accused were kept at the Railway Colony police station in Kota overnight.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Visuals from the police station showed heightened security, with personnel from the Mumbai Police Crime Branch and Rajasthan Police deployed around the premises. <!-- -->According to reports, the police had initially planned to take the accused to Mumbai overnight but subsequently decided to keep them in Kota as part of the revised arrangements.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Railway Colony Police Station SHO Ramswaroop Meena confirmed that the accused had been granted a 48-hour transit remand and were being taken to Mumbai by the Maharashtra Police.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The incident took place around 7 pm on Sunday in Mumbai\u2019s Juhu area, when Tiger Shroff was leaving a football club. <!-- -->The accused allegedly opened fire at the actor\u2019s car. While Tiger escaped without sustaining any direct gunshot injuries, his driver was injured in the incident.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>According to the police, the suspects were apprehended while travelling on a train. A case has been registered under Sections 109(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3 and 25 of the Arms Act.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The investigation is ongoing, with the police probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting, the alleged motive behind it and the identities of the intended targets.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/hindi\/bollywood\/news\/tiger-shroff-was-not-the-orignal-target-of-the-shooters-says-mumbai-police-the-three-shooters-were-targeting-a-prominent-bollywood-celebrity\/articleshow\/135071999.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh development has emerged in the firing incident involving actor Tiger Shroff, with the Mumbai Crime Branch claiming that the shooters had allegedly planned to target another prominent Bollywood celebrity before turning their attention to him. According to the police, the accused could not reach their original target because of the celebrity\u2019s tight security&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude_summary":false,"_ayudawp_aiss_summary":"However, the celebrity\u2019s security was so tight that the shooters were unable to target them,\" said the Mumbai Crime Branch, according to ANI.The shooters allegedly chose Tiger Shroff as an alternative target, believing it would be easier to reach him. \"Later, the shooters decided to target Tiger Shroff, believing he would be an easier target, and opened fire at him instead,\" the Mumbai Crime Branch added.Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police have taken custody of three suspects who were arrested in Rajasthan\u2019s Kota in connection with the firing incident. According to reports, the police had initially planned to take the accused to Mumbai overnight but subsequently decided to keep them in Kota as part of the revised arrangements.Railway Colony Police Station SHO Ramswaroop Meena confirmed that the accused had been granted a 48-hour transit remand and were being taken to Mumbai by the Maharashtra Police.The incident took place around 7 pm on Sunday in Mumbai\u2019s Juhu area, when Tiger Shroff was leaving a football club.","_ayudawp_aiss_summary_provider":"extractive","_ayudawp_aiss_summary_hash":"21cd02237ac6310911e82152e3dcda7812d0b61f","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}