Kota (Rajasthan) [India], October 19 : Kota City Police on Monday apprehended three shooters accused in the firing on the vehicle of Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai's Juhu area. 
According to the Superintendent of Police Tejaswani Gautam, the accused, who were fleeing to go abroad, were nabbed from Kota Junction railway station in a swift operation based on technical intelligence and physical descriptions.
According to SP Gautam, the police received inputs about the accused moving through Kota. A special team was constituted under the supervision of the Additional Superintendent of Police and Circle Officers. The team set up a cordon at the station premises and detained all three suspects.
The apprehended accused have been identified as Rehan alias Sukka, son of Raheesuddin, aged 18 years and resident of Idgah Colony, Sonipat, Haryana, and Hrithik Kurmi alias Roshan Fighter, son of Ramu Mahto, aged 22 years, resident of Piprahi, Begusarai, Bihar, currently residing at Andheri West, Mumbai, along with one juvenile boy who has been detained.
"The three accused apprehended by the Kota City Police are currently undergoing intensive interrogation. Following the preliminary questioning, the Mumbai Police and the relevant investigating agency have been informed for further legal proceedings," the note said.
"The accused were intending to cross Rajasthan's borders to flee abroad," the police added, after carrying out indiscriminate firing on Tiger Shroff's vehicle in Mumbai a day earlier.
Earlier, SP Gautam said that Rehan, one of the three accused detained in connection with the firing incident involving actor Tiger Shroff, had previously been in contact with Anil Pandit, an alleged associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang suspected of operating from the US.
The three accused were detained by Kota City Police at a railway station while travelling on the Pune-Jaipur Express. According to Gautam, preliminary questioning revealed that they planned to travel to Delhi and then escape to Nepal.
Speaking about the investigation, Gautam said the police received information about the accused at around 9:45 am and covered the exit points, platforms and other locations to apprehend them.
Preliminary questioning revealed that they intended to travel to Delhi by this train and then escape to Nepal from there. Rehan had previously been in contact with Anil Pandit...,” she said while speaking to the media.
"We covered the exit points, platforms and various other locations to apprehend the accused. It was the Pune-Jaipur Express. We received the information around 9:45 AM. The Mumbai Police have arrived, and we will hand the accused over to them. Based on preliminary questioning, one of the accused is a Rapido rider. Further detailed interrogation will provide more clarity,” she added.
"The other two, one of whom is a minor and the other, Rehan, work as labourers in Sonipat," she further said.
During the press conference, Kota SP mentioned that the weapons used in the firing had not been recovered yet. The accused would be questioned about the weapons, and further legal action would follow based on the investigation.
The Mumbai Police are investigating the firing incident that took place at around 7 pm on Sunday, when Tiger Shroff was leaving a football club in Juhu. The accused allegedly opened fire at the actor’s car. While Shroff escaped direct gunshot injuries, his driver sustained injuries in the incident.