India, Feb. 17 -- The Mumbai police crime branch has arrested seven more persons in connection with the firing incident outside film producer and director Rohit Shetty's residence on February 1, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 12.

The seven accused were arrested on Thursday in a joint operation with the Uttar Pradesh and Haryana police special task forces, police officers familiar with the probe said on Monday. Four of them including 24-year old Deepak Ramesh Chandra Sharma who allegedly fired five rounds outside Shetty's home were arrested from Haryana, while the remaining three were arrested from Uttar Pradesh, the officers mentioned.

All seven accused - Deepak Sharma, Sonu Thakur, Sunny Kumar, Ritik Kumar, Jatin Bha...