‘A big conspiracy,’ says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader as accused in Salman Khan house firing case dies by suicide in lockup

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ANI. Dubey also questioned how such an incident can it happen when the Mumbai Police's lock-up is so safe. "There are CCTV cameras, there are so many officers...This is a big conspiracy," Dubey claimed.

The Sena leader said the party will appeal to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to take this matter seriously. "It should be investigated immediately." On Wednesday, when the officials realised that Thapan was inside the toilet for a long time, they forced-open the door and found him hanging.

Officials said that he was taken to state-run Gokuldas Tejpal hospital, where he died during treatment. On April 14, two shooters had opened fire outside Salman Khan's resident in Bandra.

Thapan, who was accused of supplying weapons to the shooter – Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta -- was arrested along with his co-accused Sonu Kumar Bishnoi from Fazilka in Punjab. According to ANI, Anuj's family has demanded that his post-mortem be conducted outside Mumbai.