Mumbai Police say the weapon used in the firing outside Rohit Shetty’s Juhu home was supplied by a mechanic linked to the Bishnoi gang. Investigators have also found that the accused used the Signal app to communicate and hide their plans.
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Rohit Shetty House Firing Case: Four gunshots outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s plush Juhu home turned the city’s gossip mill into overdrive. Who planned it? Who supplied the gun? And how deep does the underworld link go? Now, the Mumbai Crime Branch says it has cracked open a dark, greasy garage-door secret behind the firing that shook Bollywood.
Investigators say the man who supplied the weapon, Asaram Fasle alias Babu, was not some random middleman. For the last four years, Fasle allegedly worked as a garage mechanic for the Bishnoi gang.
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Police claim he slipped into the gang’s network under the influence of Shubham Lonkar, a name that keeps popping up in serious crime files.
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Lonkar, according to police, is the alleged mastermind behind both the Baba Siddique murder case and the firing outside Rohit Shetty’s house.
Crime Branch officers say Fasle followed Lonkar’s instructions carefully and played a key role in passing on the weapon.
The Crime Branch has told the court that Fasle handed over the weapons to Swapnil Sakat. These weapons were later used by an unidentified shooter who fired outside Shetty’s residence. The police believe this was not a random act but part of a planned conspiracy.
During the court hearing, police also revealed that a social media post had claimed responsibility for the firing, adding another chilling layer to the case.
The police action moved fast. On February 1, Mumbai Police arrested four people shortly after the firing incident. All of them were sent to police custody. The fifth accused, Asaram Fasle, was arrested on Thursday, February 5, and produced before Mumbai’s Esplanade Court, also known as Killa Court, along with the other accused.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the judge sent all five accused to police custody till February 11, 2026.
The court called the offence serious and pointed to a clear criminal conspiracy. The judge also said a detailed investigation was needed and ordered joint interrogation of all five accused.
Police told the court that the accused used the Signal app to communicate choosing it to keep their conversations hidden. Investigators are now trying to recover more deleted chats, especially messages linked to Shubham Lonkar.
Officers believe these chats could reveal who planned what and who gave the final go-ahead.
Because of the seriousness of the case, the police asked for maximum custody of the four accused arrested earlier and a 10-day custody for Fasle.
Inside the courtroom, the defence pushed back hard. The lawyer representing the first accused argued that his client was not present at the spot during the firing. He claimed the arrest was based only on circumstantial evidence and said there was no proven link between his client and Shubham Lonkar.
Lawyers for three other accused took a different route. They requested judicial custody instead of police custody, arguing that there was no involvement beyond their alleged role in providing the vehicle used in the case.
Adding another twist, the Mumbai Crime Branch’s Anti-Extortion Cell arrested one more accused on Thursday in connection with the firing.
Police confirmed that this accused was the person who supplied the weapon used in the attack.
“The Mumbai Crime Branch’s Anti-Extortion Cell has arrested Asaram Fasle alias Babu in connection with the firing incident at Bollywood director Rohit Shetty’s residence. He was responsible for supplying the weapon used in the firing,” police said in an official statement.
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