Police personnel stand guard outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty's house after unidentified persons opened fire at his multi-storey residence, at Juhu area, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Police personnel stand guard outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s house after unidentified persons opened fire at his multi-storey residence, at Juhu area, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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The Mumbai police have arrested six persons, including the alleged shooter who fired five rounds at filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s house in Juhu here, officials said on Monday (February 16, 2026).

The city police’s anti-extortion cell apprehended the alleged shooter, Deepak Sharma, and five others involved in the case from Haryana and Rajasthan on Sunday (February 15, 2026) night, an official said.

The accused have been brought to the city, he said.

At least five rounds were fired at the first floor of Mr. Shetty’s nine-storey building in the Juhu area at 12:45 a.m. on February 1. One bullet struck the glass of a gym inside the building.

With the latest arrests, the police have nabbed 11 persons in connection with the case so far, he said.

The crime branch had arrested Aditya Gayaki (19), Siddharth Yenpure (20), Samarth Pomaji (18), Swapnil Sakat (23) and Asaram Fasale, who had allegedly provided a scooter and other logistic support and weapons to the shooter, the official said.

Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Shubham Lonkar had taken responsibility for the firing, he said.

Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Mr. Shubham Lonkar is among the wanted accused in the case. He has purportedly taken responsibility for the firing at Mr. Shetty’s residence in a social media post.

Mr. Lonkar is also wanted in the NCP leader Baba Siddique murder case and the firing at Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence in Bandra.

The police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case.


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