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Anuj Thapan Age, Death, Biography

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Death Date: 01/05/2024
Death Cause: Suicide
Age: 32 Years

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Profession Criminal
Personal Life
Date of BirthYear, 1992
Date of Death1 May 2024
Place of DeathGokuldas Tejpal Hospital, Mumbai
Age (at the time of death) 32 Years
Death CauseSuicide
NationalityIndian
ControversiesInvolved in the Salman Khan's residence firing case
On 25 April 2024, he was arrested from Punjab by Mumbai police and taken to Mumbai. He was accused for supplying the weapons to shooters (Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal), who fired four rounds outside Salman Khan's house in Bandra on 14 April 2024. The Mumbai Police later invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused. [1]India Today

Other Cases
Reportedly, three more cases have been filed against him including for attempt to murder and extortion.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anuj Thapan

  • According to some sources, Anuj Thapan and Sonu Subhash Chander, arranged the weapons from Punjab and supplied them to Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta in Mumbai, who later used them for open firing at the residence of Bollywood actor Salman Khan. Later, he and Chander came back to Punjab.
  • On 30 April 2024, Anuj Thapan attempted suicide using pieces of a bedsheet in the toilet attached to the Crime Branch lock-up within the Mumbai Police Commissionerate office premises, where he was prisoned.
  • He was later rushed to the GT Hospital in Mumbai, where he passed away during the treatment.

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