Overview
- Mumbai Crime Branch recovered a foreign-made semi-automatic pistol from Jhajjar, Haryana, and sent it to the forensic lab for ballistic matching to bullets found at the scene.
- Police say 12 suspects are in custody across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, including alleged shooter Deepak Sharma, with arrests spanning separate logistics and execution modules.
- Investigators link the plot to the Lawrence Bishnoi network, naming Shubham Lonkar and Arzu (Arju) Bishnoi as wanted handlers still at large.
- According to the probe, operatives were promised about ₹3 lakh for the attack with roughly ₹50,000 paid upfront, and teams are tracking the money trail and Signal-based communications.
- Officers are reconstructing the vehicle and escape routes tied to the Juhu incident and have invoked MCOCA as cross-state evidence collection continues.