Amit Jhigan, an accomplice of Sharma, was arrested on 8th of May, 1999.He was charged with conspiracy to destroy the evidence from the scene. It's believed that he had retrieved the pistol from its original hiding place near the club. While he was remanded in custody, Yadav was still at large. Even his father wasn't found anywhere. It was next to impossible to know the whereabouts of his father. He was being searched as he had promised to hand over his son to the police.
Bina Ramani, who had renovated the venue was a socialite as well as a fashion designer too who purportedly had got hi- profile contacts. Her daughter Malini Ramani knew Lal as a fellow-model friend.