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Gunmen Open Fire On Tiger Shroff Car, Mumbai Safety Fear Don Rise

Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff don survive one shooting incident for Mumbai, India, and police tok say no bullet touch am. The 36-year-old man dey inside one car wey dey leave one football club for Juhu area on Sunday evening when gunmen opened fire.

Video wey some news outlets publish show at least two gunmen firing plenty shots from close range at the front passenger seat of the car as e dey move slowly past crowd. Hindustan Times report say three men on motorcycle open fire at the vehicle. Police dey investigate the attack. Eknath Shinde, deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state where Mumbai dey, visit Shroff after the shooting. Shinde condemn the attack and tok say: ‘These attempts to intimidate people will not be tolerated, and we will put an end to this hooliganism.’ He add say the actor and im mother remain ‘shaken’ by wetin happen.

Reports on how many people get injury no dey completely match. BBC, citing local media and police, tok say two people get injury for the shooting, including Shroff im driver. Hindustan Times tok say three other people, including the driver and one autorickshaw driver, get injury. Tiger Shroff no get gunshot wound, according to police.

The incident don raise concern about safety of public figures for India, as some public figures don die or get injury for targeted attacks in recent years. In 2024, police inside India arrest two members of one criminal gang over gun attack on di house of Bollywood actor Salman Khan. That same year, influential Indian politician Baba Siddique, father of NCP(SP) leader Zeeshan Siddique, dem shoot am dead inside Mumbai. Reports tok say Lawrence Bishnoi gang claim the killing.

Zeeshan Siddique raise concern about safety of Mumbai residents after the Tiger Shroff shooting. He claim say he don receive four threats within two months. He ask: ‘If I, as an MLA, receive constant threats and my security is not increased, then how can the general public possibly feel safe?’

Zeeshan call the incident ‘highly unfortunate’ inside one city like Mumbai wey people dey call ‘city of dreams’. He tok say na ‘deeply unfortunate’ say such incidents dey happen to actors and politicians alike. He ask Maharashtra government to account for wetin happen and claim say the attack na ‘intelligence failure’. He also allege say despite the threats him receive, authorities no increase im security.

Zeeshan also tok about Bishnoi gang. He say whether na Bishnoi gang or any other, including Anmol Bishnoi, he and im family don make every possible effort. He claim say im family urge US government to facilitate the return of Anmol Bishnoi to India, but Mumbai Police never even get chance to interrogate am. He add say Lawrence Bishnoi dey one jail for Gujarat, and dem strongly advocate say authorities should interrogate am too. According to am, if people claim say Lawrence Bishnoi get hand for im father murder, e dey important to find out who be the mastermind.