Tiger Shroff Shooting Case: Aamir Khan Was First Target; Accused Recced Actor’s Home 3 Times- Report

As per latest reports, Aamir Khan was the initial target and not Tiger Shroff. here's why the accused changed their taget.

Aamir Khan Was The Target, Not Tiger Shroff

As reported by The Indian Express, the alleged shooter revealed that during their nearly month-long stay in Mumbai, they conducted a recce of the area where Aamir Khan lives at least three times. However, after finding him not easily accessible – as he was either away on film shoots or didn’t step out of his home for days, they shifted their target to Tiger Shroff. The reason – they found him to be an easier target as he regularly stepped out of home and played football at Juhu’s Pushpa Park every Sunday.

Multiple rounds were fired at Tiger’s car as he was exiting the grounds after playing football with some friends. While the actor didn’t sustain any gun shot wound, his driver and an individual standing nearby were shot. A video – shared by Tiger’s team, shows that while the actor didn’t get shot the gunpowder released during the firing burnt him.

Aamir Khan Threats

In July this year, a person claiming to be Arzoo Bishnoi – a member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang, threatened Aamir Khan over his marriage to Gauri Spratt. For the unversed, Khan and Spratt tied the knot on July 5. In his threat, Bishnoi alleged that the marriage was “against Sanatan Dharma and the nation”. Via the message, he also warned the actor that the gang “would not tolerate” such acts and would “respond very soon”.

In response to the threat, Khan said in an interview that Spratt was a Catholic. He also noted that none of his two former spouses – Reena Dutta and Kiran Rao, had converted to Islam.

Tiger Shroff Shooting Incident

On Sunday, October 18, three unidentified men reportedly arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire at Tiger Shroff’s car. The actor was reportedly at Pushpa Park to play football with fellow actors and friends. While Shroff was safe and sustained no gunshot injuries, his driver and an autorickshaw driver were reportedly injured in the incident.

The three accused – Phool Singh (18), Rehan Rahisuddin Ansari (18) and Rithik Mahto (22), were arrested by Kota Police in Rajasthan on October 19. The trio were caught while travelling by train.

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