LUCKNOW: Police on Thursday arrested International Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha chief

’s second wife and her two aides for plotting the murder of the saffron leader to marry her lover. The shooter, however, is still on the run.

Police scanned CCTV footage near the crime scene and call details of Bachchan’s second wife Smriti Srivastava, who was arrested along with Deependra, with whom she allegedly has an extra-marital affair, and one Sanjeet Gautam. Police are on the lookout for the shooter, Jitendra, who was also spotted in the CCTV footage.

Lucknow police commissioner Sujeet Pandey said, “The call details of Ranjeet were scanned. We found Ranjeet kept in touch with Smriti on a regular basis. We also checked call details of Ranjeet’s first wife Kalindi and Smriti. Smriti had exchanged calls with a number at odd hours. But no call was made after January 25. The number belonged to Deependra.”