Shots Fired at Tiger Shroff's Car in Mumbai, Actor Unhurt
Shots were fired at the Bollywood actor's car in Juhu and his driver was wounded. Police are investigating attempted murder, and three suspects were reportedly arrested in Rajasthan.
The shooting at Tiger Shroff’s car in Mumbai left the actor without a gunshot wound, but not without casualties. Shots were fired at the vehicle carrying the 36-year-old Bollywood star on Sunday evening, October 18, and on Monday Filmibeat reported that three suspects had been arrested in Kota, Rajasthan.
What happened near Pushpa Park?
The shooting took place near Pushpa Park in the Juhu neighborhood, as Shroff was leaving a football pitch. A crowd had gathered around him. The shots were fired at close range.
B92, citing the BBC, reports that several media outlets published video showing at least two armed attackers firing multiple rounds into the passenger seat while the vehicle moved slowly past the crowd. The Tribune, relying on early reports, writes that a single unidentified person opened fire on the actor and his friend. Accounts differ on how many attackers there were.
Mumbai police confirmed to the news agency ANI that the actor’s driver was wounded: “His driver Firdous sustained a bullet injury to his left hand.” The Tribune adds that an auto rickshaw driver was also hurt, while B92 says only that two people were injured, including Shroff’s driver.
Is Tiger Shroff injured?
Early accounts say no. An unnamed police officer told The Tribune: “Shroff is safe and did not suffer any injuries in the firing.” His father, actor Jackie Shroff, confirmed that his son was not hurt and is helping the police. The actor’s friend Abhishek Bajaj said, according to Filmibeat: “We are fine. He is safe now. There is no need to worry.”
Later reports are less clear-cut. Daily Jagran published the first images of the actor with bandages, and Bombay Samachar mentions gunpowder burns. According to those reports, which also cite Eknath Shinde, minor injuries from glass fragments and gunpowder particles are possible. None of the sources claims that Shroff was hit by a bullet.
Who has been arrested, and who is claiming responsibility?
Mumbai police registered a case of attempted murder against three unknown persons. The crime branch took the investigation over from Juhu police, and 15 teams have been formed.
In a social media post, a group linked to Lawrence Bishnoi claimed responsibility for the attack. Police have not confirmed the claim.
According to Filmibeat, three suspects were arrested in Kota. They reportedly include a 17-year-old and a 22-year-old man who works in Mumbai as a Rapido driver. Reports also disagree on where the arrests happened: some mention the area around the Kota railway station, others a train. The names and ages of the suspects differ between accounts, and one of them is a minor.
Tejaswani Gautam, the police chief in Kota, told ANI: “Two are from Haryana and one is from Bihar.”
How have the authorities reacted?
Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the state where Mumbai is located, visited Shroff after the attack. He said the actor and his mother were shaken. “Attempts like this to intimidate people will not be tolerated, and we will put a stop to this hooliganism,” Shinde said.
According to B92 and the BBC, the case has heightened concern over the safety of public figures in India, some of whom have been killed or wounded in targeted attacks in recent years.
Shroff was born on March 2, 1990, made his film debut in Heropanti in 2014, and is known as an action star and a fifth-degree black belt in taekwondo. In 2019 he co-founded Matrix Fight Night, which The Tribune describes as India’s largest mixed martial arts promotion.
