Tiger Shroff Attack Case: MP STF Intensifies Surveillance After Indore Arrest; 33 Bishnoi Gang Operatives Held Across State
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has stepped up surveillance of organised crime networks across the state following the arrest of Pranjal Thakran from Indore's Pardeshipura area on Saturday in connection with the attack on actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai. Thakran, allegedly associated with the Anil Pundit gang, was arrested in a joint operation by the Mumbai and…
Madhya Pradesh's Special Task Force (STF) has intensified surveillance on organised crime groups across the state following the arrest of Pranjal Thakran from Indore in connection with the attack on actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai. Thakran, allegedly linked to the Anil Pundit gang, was apprehended in a joint operation by the Mumbai and Indore Police.
While the STF maintains the Anil Pundit gang is no longer active in Madhya Pradesh, the Mumbai incident and Thakran's arrest have led to heightened vigilance over suspected organised crime operatives and their associates throughout the state.
In response to concerns over the alleged expansion of Lawrence Bishnoi's network in Madhya Pradesh, police have arrested 33 operatives connected to the gang. The syndicate, believed to operate from foreign soil, has been implicated in over ten criminal incidents in Bhopal, Indore, Khargone, and Ashoknagar, involving extortion of significant sums of money.
In 2022, after receiving reports of businessmen receiving threats under the name of Lawrence Bishnoi, the state's director general of police, Kailash Makwana, formed a special team to investigate the matter. Led by deputy inspector general Rahul Lodha, the team investigated several cases and arrested 33 individuals associated with the gang.
The extortion demands were made using foreign phone numbers and virtual private networks (VPNs), with gang members identifying themselves as Harry Boxer and Harpreet Singh Saini, also known as Tyson Bishnoi. In one incident in Bhopal, real estate and bullion businessman Gaurav Jain received a demand of Rs 10 crore, which went unpaid, leading to a shooting from a hired gun from Uttar Pradesh.
Despite the lack of direct link between the Mumbai incident and the Lawrence Bishnoi gang's network in Madhya Pradesh after preliminary investigations, the STF has increased surveillance on jailed gang members and their suspected supporters.
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