Video shows gunmen shooting at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in botched $525 hit: reports

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-19 · by Chris Bradford

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A video shows gunmen attempting to shoot Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff outside a Mumbai soccer stadium on Sunday, after allegedly being paid $525 by criminals linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi group. Miraculously, Shroff walked away with minor injuries; his driver and an unidentified rickshaw driver were also injured but their condition is unclear. Three suspects ages 17, 18, and 22 were arrested in Kota on a train bound for Delhi while planning to flee to Nepal. The incident highlights the threat posed by organized crime gangs targeting celebrities and politicians in India.
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Story summary

Bollywood superstar Tiger Shroff escaped unharmed after gunmen opened fire at his vehicle in Mumbai's Juhu area around 7pm on Sunday. His driver and an autorickshaw driver were reportedly injured. The incident occurred as Shroff was leaving a football club, and video footage shows two gunmen firing multiple shots at close range from a motorcycle. Police arrested three suspects aged 17 to 22 in Kota who were allegedly paid just $525 by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to carry out the hit. Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde vowed to crack down on such attacks, stating that "these attempts to intimidate people will not be tolerated."

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📰 Tiger Shroff Shooting Incident
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BBC News · 0.86 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 8% hedged 1 of 12 📰 publisher trust 69
“Both articles describe Tiger Shroff being shot at in Mumbai on Sunday evening while leaving a football club, with video footage showing gunmen firing shots at his car.”
Al Jazeera · 0.87 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 75% hedged 3 of 4 📰 publisher trust 60
“Both articles describe Tiger Shroff being shot at by gunmen in Mumbai on the same date, resulting in minor injuries to Shroff and others.”
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⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 8% hedged 2 of 25 📰 publisher trust 72
“Both articles describe a shooting incident in Mumbai involving Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, his driver sustaining injuries, and bystanders being affected.”
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Chris Bradford
74 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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Topics

BMW Bollywood Indian Mumbai NDTV

Subjects

Bollywood GPE · 3× Shroff PERSON · 3× Indian NORP · 2× Mumbai GPE · 2× Delhi GPE · 1× Kota GPE · 1× Lawrence Bishnoi PERSON · 1× NDTV ORG · 1× Nepal GPE · 1× Tiger Shroff PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Notorious gangster Bishnoi, 33, is holed up in a high-security Gujarat prison, but the group, which has been declared a terrorist entity in Canada, has previously been accused of targeting other A-listers, including Bollywood star Salman Khan’s home in 2024.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-19
🔮 Authorities have declared war on gang crime – with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde warning, “These attempts to intimidate people will not be tolerated, and we will put an end to this hooliganism.”

Claims (15 extracted, 3 hedged)

Shocking video shows hired gunmen repeatedly shooting at a Bollywood actor-turned-soccer player — who remarkably walked away relatively unscathed. asserted
who → show → actor
Tiger Shroff was waving at fans as he was being driven out of a Mumbai soccer stadium on Sunday when the motorcycle-riding gunmen suddenly pounced and opened fire into his BMW — after allegedly being paid just $525 to kill him, NDTV reported. uncertain
NDTV → wave → him
Miraculously, they missed the musclebound actor-turned-athlete, who suffered only minor injuries to his arm and shoulder caused by gunpowder and flying glass. asserted
who → miss → gunpowder
His driver and an unidentified rickshaw driver were injured in the shooting, police said, without revealing the extent of their injuries. asserted
police → injure → injuries
The shooters fled and ditched their motorbike near a train station – but cops arrested three men, ages 17, 18 and 22, in Kota on a train bound for Delhi. asserted
cops → flee → Delhi
They were planning to flee to Nepal, authorities said. asserted
authorities → plan → Nepal
Cops are probing whether it was an attempted hit on Shroff, a voice actor in the Hindi version of “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” ordered by an organized crime gang, the Lawrence Bishnoi group. asserted
it → probe → gang
The trio were allegedly paid 50,000 rupees — just $525 — to carry out the hit on Shroff, the son of Hindi actor Jackie Shroff and former Miss Young India 1980 winner Ayesha Shroff. uncertain
trio → pay → Shroff
Notorious gangster Bishnoi, 33, is holed up in a high-security Gujarat prison, but the group, which has been declared a terrorist entity in Canada, has previously been accused of targeting other A-listers, including Bollywood star Salman Khan’s home in 2024. asserted
which → hole → 2024
The group was also linked to the October 2024 assassination of Indian politician Baba Siddique, who was shot near his car as he was leaving his son’s Mumbai home. asserted
he → link → home
He died in the hospital. asserted
He → die → hospital
Authorities have declared war on gang crime – with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde warning, “These attempts to intimidate people will not be tolerated, and we will put an end to this hooliganism.” asserted
we → declare → hooliganism
“We will respond to them in the language they understand,” Shinde told the Hindu. asserted
Shinde → respond → Hindu
“Whichever gang might be responsible for it, we will not leave them.” uncertain
we → leave → them
Shroff is best known for starring in the Bollywood movies “Heropanti” and “Baaghi” but he has been on the roster of fourth-tier Indian soccer club Mumbay FC since 2024. asserted
he → know → 2024
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