The Mumbai Police investigation into the October firing on Tiger Shroff’s car has reached Haryana’s Karnal district, with the arrest of a 22-year-old woman on November 1. Subeha Pandit was picked up by a Mumbai Crime Branch team with assistance from Haryana Police. Her arrest takes the number of people held in connection with the case to 13; three of the accused are women.
Pandit is suspected of involvement in the gang’s criminal and weapons-supply network, and the Crime Branch is still examining the extent of her alleged role. That line of inquiry matters because it shifts the focus from the two unidentified gunmen to the support structure around them.
The investigation so far
On the evening of October 18, two unidentified assailants fired five rounds at Shroff’s car while he was returning from a football ground in Juhu. The actor escaped serious injury; his driver and a bystander received minor injuries. On October 27, Mumbai Police invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, or MCOCA, against the suspects.
The case has since spread across several states. The investigation includes Kota in Rajasthan, Delhi, and Haryana’s Sonipat and Karnal districts. According to investigators, the attackers communicated on encrypted apps including Signal and Zangi.
- October 18: Five rounds fired at Shroff’s car in Juhu; the actor avoids major injury.
- October 27: Mumbai Police invoke MCOCA against the suspects.
- November 1: Subeha Pandit is arrested in Karnal, taking the total to 13.
- Arrest profile: 13 people held so far, including three women.
Why this matters for Hindi cinema
The MCOCA invocation is the sharpest signal yet that the police are treating the firing as an organised-crime operation, not a random attack. After the incident, members of the jailed Lawrence Bishnoi gang reportedly claimed responsibility. Reports cited by Cinema Express say Shroff was targeted because of his closeness to Salman Khan, and that the motive was extortion and the creation of fear within the Hindi film industry.
Shroff has recorded a detailed statement denying any prior threats and any connection to the motives claimed online. That denial is significant because it leaves the public narrative at odds with the police’s organised-crime line: the investigators are building a case about networks, while the actor says he saw no personal threat coming.
The probe remains open. With 13 arrests made by Sunday, attention is now on how the alleged supply network operated, how encrypted communications were arranged, and whether further arrests follow across the states under investigation.
Source: Cinema Express
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