Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has reportedly confessed to the police that he purchased an RK Spring rifle for Rs 4 lakh to target Salman Khan in 2018 over the blackbuck poaching case.
The gangster reportedly admitted that he sent a member of his gang, Sampat Nehra, to shoot Salman in 2018. He also revealed that Sampat couldn’t get a clear aim at the superstar as he was using a pistol, a report in News18.com stated.
The report further added that Bishnoi then purchased an RK Spring rifle for Rs 4 lakh from a co-villager of Sampat named Dinesh Dagar. The payment for the same is said to have been made to one Anil Pandey, an associate of Dagar. Later, the rifle was recovered from Dagar’s possession.
Earlier, Delhi Police had revealed that the gangster had claimed that his community will never forgive Salman Khan for killing a blackbuck. He also added that he will only reconsider his decision if Salman and his father Salim Khan will publicly apologise to the Bishnoi community.
During interrogation, he stated that since the Bishnois consider the blackbuck to be the reincarnation of their religious guru, Bhagwan Jambeshwar also known as Jambaji, acquittal or punishment from the court will not be the last verdict for him.
The infamous gang had reportedly sent threat letters to Salman, his father Salim Khan and even his lawyer Hastimal Saraswat. Bishnoi is currently being interrogated in connection with the murder of Punjabi singer-rapper Sidhu Moose Wala.
