Overview
- Mumbai Police, which filed the 1,624-page chargesheet on Thursday, named 17 suspects in the case with 15 arrested and two—Shubham Lonkar and Arzoo Bishnoi—shown as wanted.
- Investigators link the plot to associates of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, and officials say Lonkar and Arzoo allegedly claimed responsibility in a social media post.
- Police say the team surveyed the Juhu building three times before the attack, when alleged shooter Deepak Sharma opened fire and fled by autorickshaw to Kalyan, then by train to northern states; at least five rounds hit the first floor, including a gym window.
- A hideout in Haryana was traced and arrests followed in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, with most suspects aged 20 to 25; the list includes Sharma’s cousin, Vishnu Kushwah, and alleged facilitator Ritik Yadav.
- Officers cite a bid to assert gang supremacy as the likely motive but say it is not conclusively proven, and they continue to follow money trails, test wider links to other high-profile cases, and scrutinize the alleged role of Lonkar’s brother, Pravin.