MUMBAI, October 21 (Aalimi Nation) – A Mumbai court on Wednesday sent three men accused of firing at actor Tiger Shroff's car to police custody until October 31, as investigators try to establish the motive behind the attack.

Police told the court that the Mumbai crime branch had sought 14 days of custody. Two of the three men are from Haryana and one is originally from Bihar. They were arrested from a train by Kota city police in Rajasthan on Monday and handed over to Mumbai Police, who formally arrested them and obtained a transit remand.

What police told the court

Officials said custody was needed to recover the weapons used in the attack and that the accused had destroyed two mobile phones. Police also said they wanted to "unearth the conspiracy and the motive behind the incident", according to the submissions made before the magistrate.

Police also told the court that five more people had been arrested in Haryana and Delhi in connection with the case.

Defence lawyers Ajinkya Mirgal and Satyabrat Joshi opposed the plea. They argued that police custody was not required to recover weapons and that the accused had already been questioned during the transit remand period.

The attack and the charges

The firing took place on Sunday evening in Juhu, a western Mumbai suburb. Police said at least two men on a motorcycle fired five to six rounds at the actor's car and fled. The motorcycle was later found abandoned in Andheri.

The actor escaped relatively unhurt, officials said, but his driver and a bystander were injured. Mumbai Police have registered a case of attempt to murder and have also invoked the Arms Act.

Journey to Mumbai

The three were arrested at Kota railway station on Monday morning, according to police sources, and were brought to Mumbai by road over roughly 900 km through Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra. The journey took nearly 16 hours, and the group reached the city in the early hours of Wednesday. Police sources said the vehicles were changed along the way as a security precaution, and that officers questioned the suspects during the trip.

Why custody matters

Police custody allows investigators to question suspects directly and confront them with evidence. Under Indian criminal procedure, the court decides how many days of custody to grant after hearing both sides, and the accused can later be sent to judicial custody once the police remand ends.

The court granted police custody until October 31, a period of ten days, rather than the 14 days sought. Investigators are expected to use it to recover the weapons and establish who planned the attack. No motive has been confirmed publicly, and officials have not said who supplied the weapons.

What happens next

The three accused are due to be produced before the court again on October 31, when police may seek further custody or the court may send them to judicial custody.

The investigation is continuing. Anyone accused in the case is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.