Mumbai Police arrest two ‘Suspected Terrorists,’ turn out to be actors
Mumbai Police books 2 terrorists in Palghar. Turn out to be extras in Hrithik Roshan's film
Mumbai Police has arrested two people in Palghar district on the suspicion of being terrorists. They turned out to be extras from Hrithik Roshan‘s film. The two individuals, dressed like bombers with a bullet vest around them, were spotted strolling around, buying cigarettes. Anil Mahajan, a bank watchman, and ex-Border Security Force soldier, had immediately notified police officials.
After an hour-long search operation, #Mumbai police arrested 2 men suspected to be terrorists, but later turned out to be extras on the sets of Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff’s upcoming action film. #TV9News pic.twitter.com/o74uib9PQQ
— Tv9 Gujarati (@tv9gujarati) May 29, 2019
As reported by India Today, After an hour-long search, the police was able to get hold of the two. The individuals were identified as Balram Ginwala, 23, and Arbaaz Khan, 20. They were working in an upcoming movie starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff.
The production unit in-charge submitted all papers and confirmed that the two men were in fact extras on the sets of their film. However, the Mumbai Police still booked the unit in-charge and the two actors under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code for creating panic and disrupting peace among citizens.
The security guard was felicitated by the police for his alertness.
Netizens soon flooded social media with humorous tweets based on the situation:
Balakot wale sources Mumbai police ko bhi tip-off de rahe hai.
— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) May 29, 2019
Waise lag pure terrorists rahe hain.. Movie acchi hogi iska matlab! ?
— Akash Kapoor (@BaarBaarPKMKB) May 29, 2019
— Niraj bagde (@nirajbagde) May 29, 2019
Those Extras after released from custody be like. pic.twitter.com/RKZUFrRN2E
— IN(tolerant)DIA (@mailtosamip) May 29, 2019
Hrithik and Tiger are working together in director Siddharth Anand’s yet to be titled film. The movie also stars Vaani Kapoor.
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