India, Oct. 21 -- Actor Tiger Shroff was second choice, an "easy target" for the Lawrence Bishnoi gang; Bollywood star Salman Khan was the original target of the shooters in Sunday's firing incident at Juhu, sources in the Mumbai police told HT.

The two shooters, who opened fire at Shroff's car on Sunday evening, had in fact carried out reconnaissance at Khan's home at Bandstand in Bandra (west) but stringent security arrangements there discouraged the proposed attack. The gang swiftly changed plans and looked for a relatively "easy target". They settled on Shroff, who does not have police security cover, police sources revealed.

The gang learnt, through social media posts of the actor's fans, that Shroff played football every Sunday an...