Gunfire Ambush Outside Mumbai Sports Ground Triggers Massive Manhunt

Rajasthan Police and the Anti-Gangster Task Force intercepted three suspects in Kota while they were fleeing from Mumbai toward Delhi following a brazen shooting incident outside a Mumbai football ground that targeted Bollywood action star Tiger Shroff. While the film star miraculously escaped without serious physical harm during Sunday’s attack, his driver sustained injuries from the gunfire, sparking urgent alarm across the entertainment capital regarding celebrity security.

Estranged Father Breaks Silence Over Arrested Gunman

The brazen daylight violence took a shocking personal turn after Shudeen, the father of arrested suspect Rehan, publicly distanced himself entirely from his son’s violent actions. Speaking via an interview circulated by Live 24 TV, Shudeen disclosed that he has lived separated from his family and has maintained zero communication or contact with Rehan for roughly 10 to 12 years. Expressing bewilderment at his son’s alleged role in targeting one of Hindi cinema’s most visible stars, the father refused to offer any defense for the young man’s conduct.

The law should decide the punishment if the allegations against Rehan are established.

Shudeen explained that following the breakdown of their household years ago, Rehan resided in Eidgah Colony in the Sonipat district of Haryana alongside his mother, Samsida, who earns a living working as a laborer in a local factory. The father insisted that he was left completely in the dark regarding Rehan’s daily movements, associates, or ties to broader criminal networks.

History of Weapons Charges and Rapid Descent Into Crime

Despite his lengthy estrangement, Shudeen confirmed that Rehan was previously apprehended in connection with an illegal weapons violation around four to five months ago. Law enforcement records reveal that Rehan was arrested on August 19 in Gohana for the unlawful possession of an unlicensed firearm. Following that arrest, it was his mother Samsida who intervened to secure his bail release, after which Rehan returned to his life in Sonipat without re-establishing contact with his father.

Further background shared by family members paints a stark picture of the young suspect’s trajectory. According to statements given by Rehan’s maternal aunt, Afsana, he had abandoned formal education early, dropping out of school after completing the ninth grade. Upon his release from jail on the previous weapons charge, he briefly took up employment as an industrial welder. Afsana recalled that Rehan spent time at home during the Eid festival before departing abruptly under the pretext of seeking commercial work, with family members unaware that he would resurface hundreds of kilometers away in Mumbai connected to a high-profile assassination bid.

Cross-State Investigation Expands Across Three Suspects

The swift interception in Kota halted what investigators suspect was an active escape route north toward Delhi. Alongside Rehan, law enforcement officials apprehended two additional accomplices: an unnamed boy from Haryana and Hrithik Kumar, also recognized under the alias Roshan. Kumar had reportedly operated as a commercial Rapido bike-taxi rider across Mumbai prior to the attack, providing detectives with vital clues regarding how the syndicate may have navigated local geography during the surveillance and execution phases of the plot.

High-profile criminal attacks against prominent film figures have consistently drawn severe scrutiny toward criminal syndicates operating across state borders. Investigators are now closely interrogating all three detainees in custody to determine the command structure, the precise origin of the firearms deployed during Sunday’s shooting, and the individuals who ordered the ambush on Tiger Shroff.