Mumbai: A special court under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has extended the police custody of Phool Singh and four other accused in the firing case involving actor Tiger Shroff until November 16.
The five accused were produced before the court, where police sought a seven-day extension of their custody for further investigation.
The development comes amid an ongoing Mumbai Crime Branch investigation into a firing incident reported in Mumbai's Juhu area on October 18.
According to the case details, two shooters allegedly fired multiple rounds at Shroff's car as he was leaving a football club after a session. Several people, including the actor's driver and a bystander, were injured in the incident.
The Mumbai Crime Branch had made 13 arrests in the case by November 3. The 13th accused, a 22-year-old woman, was arrested in Karnal, Haryana, and remanded to police custody until November 16.
The Mumbai Police have invoked provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, against all the accused. The case was initially registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act before the investigation was transferred to the Crime Branch.
On October 27, the competent authority granted permission to invoke MCOCA, following which relevant sections of the Act were added to the case.
The investigation into the October 18 firing incident is ongoing.