Kota, Oct. 19 -- Kota Superintendent of Police (SP) Tejaswani Gautam on Monday said that Rehan, one of the three accused detained in connection with the firing incident involving actor Tiger Shroff, had previously been in contact with Anil Pandit, an alleged associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang suspected of operating from the US.

The three accused were detained by Kota City Police at a railway station while travelling on the Pune-Jaipur Express. According to Gautam, preliminary questioning revealed that they planned to travel to Delhi and then escape to Nepal.

Speaking about the investigation, Gautam said the police received information about the accused at around 9:45 am and covered the exit points, platforms and other locations to a...