Salman Khan House Firing: Bombay High Court Asks for Mumbai Police Report in Salman Khan House Firing Case After Anuj Thapan’s Death
On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court instructed the Mumbai police to furnish a status report on their ongoing investigations into the death of Anuj Thapan. Thapan, an accused in a case related to a shooting near actor Salman Khan’s residence, passed away while in police custody. Despite this, the Court maintained that it couldn’t simply transfer the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) without proper justification.
During the hearing, the bench addressed a petition filed by Thapan’s mother, Rita Devi, who alleged that her son was murdered by the Mumbai Crime Branch and subjected to severe assault and torture. The petition, represented by advocates Sriram Parakkat and Rajwant Kaur, requested a CBI probe into Thapan’s demise and called for a fresh post-mortem examination.
Public prosecutor Prajakta Shinde informed the Court that an Accidental Death Report (ADR) had been filed, and the State Crime Investigation Department (CID) was handling the case. Shinde also mentioned that a magisterial inquiry had been initiated due to the circumstances of Thapan’s death while in police custody.
In response, a vacation bench of Justices Sandeep Marne and Neela Gokhale directed Shinde to provide an update on the progress of the CID investigation and the magisterial inquiry. Furthermore, the Court ordered the preservation of CCTV footage and call data records (CDR) of the involved police officers, scheduling the next hearing for May 22.
Thapan was arrested on April 26, along with three others, by the Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly supplying weapons to the suspects involved in the shooting near Khan’s residence. He was initially remanded to police custody until April 30. Additionally, the police invoked provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) in the case.
On April 29, Thapan and other accused were presented before the trial court, which extended the police custody of three individuals, including Thapan, until May 8. The remaining accused were sent to judicial custody on medical grounds. Tragically, on May 1, Thapan was reported to have died by suicide, prompting his mother to file the current petition before the High Court.
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