Mon, 19 Oct, 2026, 06:27 pm
Reported by The Indian Express
A Mumbai police team taking the accused for shooting at actor Tiger Shroff turned back and decided to spend the night in Kota after they suspected someone was following them, sources have said. The three men were arrested aboard the Pune-Jaipur Superfast Express in Kota, Rajasthan, on Monday morning after a tip-off from Mumbai Police triggered a coordinated operation.
The accused had fled Mumbai hours after the shooting and were allegedly planning to travel to Delhi and then Nepal, police said. Mumbai police identified the accused as Phool Singh (18), Hrithik Mahto (22) and Rehan Rahisuddin (18). In the evening, Mumbai police had initially left Kota with the accused after producing them in court.
Tiger Shroff shooting reveals a shift in Mumbai’s underworld gunmen: The outsiders Kota Additional Superintendent of Police Subhash Chandra Mishra said, “We handed them over to the Mumbai police, which obtained a transit remand and had a medical examination conducted on the accused.
A local court had granted the Mumbai police custody for two days. Sources said that the Mumbai police left Kota in the evening, "but some people were allegedly following them, so they (the police team) stopped at a police station and then returned to Kota”.
