The Bombay crime branch investigating the April 14 firing on actor Salman Khan’s house on April 23 recovered the second gun along with two magazines containing 17 bullets, which the alleged shooters threw in the Tapi river in Surat in their attempt to cover their tracks. The first gun was found in the river on April 22.
The recovery of both the illegal country-made pistols from the river bed was made with the help of Dubai-based Envitech Marine Consultants.
The crime branch, led by inspector Daya Nayak, reached Tapi river with one of the alleged shooters, Vikas Kumar Gupta, who showed them the railway bridge from where he and his accomplice, Sagar Pal, threw the two weapons and the magazines. After a search of nearly eight hours, they found one pistol. They were able to trace the second pistol and the 17 bullets four hours later.
The police said, the seizure of the two pistols will help them build a watertight case against jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who is alleged to be behind the firing.