One moved to Sonipat for a packaging job after relatives told her about the work. The other left her husband and returned to her parents’ home before moving away to seek employment.Now, Babita, 22, and Radha, 23, have been arrested in a weapon supply module linked to the firing at actor Tiger Shroff’s car in Mumbai.In their villages in Uttar Pradesh, the news has left residents wondering how two young women could have allegedly become associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.“Since morning, Babita has been the only topic of discussion in the village. We are astonished that someone so young could become involved with people accused of criminal activities. She had left home simply to find work in Sonipat,” said Atul Rai, the village head of Kothiyar, around 25 km from Azamgarh district headquarters.Read | Tiger Shroff shooter joined ‘Lawrence Bishnoi gang’ a year ago. Then came the job to attack an actorRai said a police team visited the village on Wednesday morning and recorded statements of Babita’s family members, including her father, Ram Jatan, a farmer. Babita had no known criminal record before her name surfaced in the case, he added. An accused at Railway Colony Police Station in Kota, Tuesday. (ANI Photo)According to villagers, Babita moved to Sonipat two years ago after relatives already working there told her that packaging jobs offered a decent monthly income.Story continues below this adThe youngest of three sisters, she last visited Kothiyar in June to attend a wedding. Both her elder sisters are married, while her two brothers work in other states.Read | The story of Radha and Babita, and the pistol used to shoot at Tiger ShroffOn Tuesday, the Delhi Police Special Cell’s Northern Range had arrested Radha and Babita, along with Kunal, 21, and Sumit, 19, in connection with the case.According to police, Radha came in touch with Kunal, an alleged associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, two months ago, who “persuaded” her to go to Mumbai with the weapon. Tiger Shroff Firing: A view of Salman Khan’s residence, Galaxy, is seen where security has been heightened after three assailants fired at Tiger Shroff yesterday, at Bandra West in Mumbai on 19 October 2026. (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)Police said the two women had taken a train to Mumbai last week, allegedly carrying a bag containing a pistol to be handed over to a “boy”. Police suspect this gun, which was allegedly handed over on Saturday, was used in the firing on Sunday evening.Story continues below this adAlso Read | Tiger Shroff attackers were lured with ‘good money’, ‘promise of life abroad’In Nahwaiya, meanwhile, Radha’s arrest has provoked similar disbelief.Former village head Naresh Chandra Mishra said Radha married local resident Sunil Kumar in 2016, and the couple have a son. Following a family dispute, she left her husband and returned to her parents’ home in the village. Her father, Prakash, works locally, Mishra said.Read | Tiger Shroff attack: Who was guiding the shooters before and after firing? Cops trace callsRadha eventually left the village in search of employment. Residents were told that she had moved to Delhi, where she was working in a private job. She has three brothers and a sister.“Her family maintained that she has been falsely implicated in the case,” Mishra said.Story continues below this adRadha last visited Nahwaiya in April to attend a family function. Police said she has no criminal background.