India, Nov. 7 -- A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Friday directed the police to probe the claim of Phoolsing Naresh Kumar alias Phooli, one of the alleged shooters in the October 18 firing incident at actor Tiger Shroff, of being a minor, questioning why neither he nor his lawyer had disclosed the same during earlier remand proceedings.

Special judge Satyanarayan R Navander directed investigating officer Sadanand Rane to verify Phoolsing's age and submit a report within 15 days, but declined to send him to a juvenile home pending the inquiry.

Represented by advocates Sidhanth Mor and Divyam Gaur, Phoolsing, arrested in Sonipat on October 19, produced a photocopy of his birth certificate showing his d...