Mumbai Police Constable Ganesh Raite Dies While on Security Duty Outside Salman Khan’s Galaxy Apartments

A 41-year-old Mumbai Police constable deployed on security duty outside Salman Khan's Galaxy Apartments residence in Bandra died after suddenly falling ill while on duty on Friday, August 7.

The policeman was identified as Ganesh Raite, a constable attached to the Mumbai Police's LA-4 unit. According to police information reported by multiple publications, Raite complained of uneasiness at around 6 pm while stationed outside the actor's residence. Other police personnel immediately took him to Bhabha Hospital in Bandra, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Initial indications pointed to a possible heart attack. However, police said a post-mortem examination would establish the precise cause of death.

That distinction is important: at this stage, the responsible description is “suspected heart attack”, rather than stating cardiac arrest or a heart attack as an established medical finding.

Who was Constable Ganesh Raite?

Raite was 41 and attached to the LA-4 unit of Mumbai Police. The Free Press Journal, citing police officials, also reported that he had previously served in the Indian Army before joining Mumbai Police.

At the time of the incident, he was part of the police security deployment outside Galaxy Apartments, Salman Khan's long-time Bandra residence.

Around 6 pm on August 7, Raite began feeling unwell while on duty.

His colleagues responded immediately and rushed him to the emergency department at Bhabha Hospital. Doctors subsequently declared him dead on arrival.

The exact medical cause of his sudden deterioration had not been conclusively established in the initial reports.

He was a Mumbai Police constable, not Salman Khan’s private guard

Some coverage of the incident has described Raite as Salman Khan's “security guard.”

That wording can create a misleading impression.

Available reporting identifies him specifically as a Mumbai Police constable assigned to security duty outside Galaxy Apartments. He was therefore part of the official police deployment rather than being identified as a privately employed bodyguard of the actor.

For The Celebrity Hour, “Mumbai Police constable deployed outside Salman Khan's residence” is the more precise description.

Why Galaxy Apartments has heightened security

Raite's posting needs to be understood within the unusual security situation surrounding Salman Khan's Bandra home.

Galaxy Apartments has been under heightened police protection following threats against the actor and, most significantly, the April 14, 2024 firing outside the building.

In the early hours that day, two men on a motorcycle fired five rounds outside the residence. Mumbai Police's Crime Branch subsequently filed a 1,735-page charge sheet before a special MCOC court against six arrested accused and three wanted accused, including jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

The legal case has progressed considerably since then.

In November 2025, a special court framed charges against five arrested accused, including charges relating to attempt to murder and provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. Lawrence Bishnoi, his brother Anmol Bishnoi and another alleged gang member were listed as wanted accused in the case.

That is useful current context because the police presence outside Galaxy Apartments is not simply routine celebrity security.

It exists against the backdrop of an active criminal case involving a previous shooting outside the same residence.

Salman Khan’s statement became part of the firing case

Salman himself gave police a statement that subsequently formed part of the 2024 charge sheet.

According to the statement reported by PTI, Salman said he had been sleeping when he heard what sounded like a firecracker in the early hours of April 14. His police bodyguard later informed him that two people on a motorcycle had fired towards the first-floor balcony.

Salman told police that he believed the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had carried out the attack with the intention of killing him and members of his family. That was Salman's stated belief to investigators, and should be described as such rather than converted into an independent judicial finding.

The actor also referred to earlier threats received by him and his family.

The shooting subsequently resulted in an extensive Mumbai Police investigation and the MCOCA proceedings that have continued through the courts.

Raite’s death appears unrelated to those threats

The security history makes the location particularly sensitive, but it should not distort how Raite's death is reported.

Nothing in the reliable information reviewed for this article indicates that his death resulted from an attack, security breach or criminal incident outside Galaxy Apartments.

The available account is that he suddenly became unwell during duty, was taken to hospital and was declared dead on arrival. A suspected heart attack was the preliminary medical explanation.

There is therefore no evidentiary basis for connecting his death causally to the threats against Salman Khan.

The security context explains why Raite was deployed there.

It does not explain why he died.

That distinction should remain clear in both the headline and article.

What remains unconfirmed?

The principal unresolved point is the precise cause of death.

The Free Press Journal reported that Raite's body had been sent for a post-mortem examination and that the medical report would establish the exact cause.

Unless a subsequent official medical or police statement confirms the result, The Celebrity Hour should therefore avoid wording such as:

“Ganesh Raite died of a heart attack.”

Instead:

“Ganesh Raite died after falling ill while on duty, with a heart attack initially suspected.”

That wording accurately separates what happened from what investigators initially believed may have caused it.

The Celebrity Hour Take

The celebrity connection naturally puts Salman Khan's name at the centre of this story.

But the person at the centre of the incident is Ganesh Raite.

He wasn't simply “Salman Khan's guard.” He was a 41-year-old Mumbai Police constable, reportedly a former Indian Army serviceman, performing an official security assignment when he suddenly became unwell.

That deserves to remain visible in the coverage.

The circumstances also reveal something audiences rarely see about high-profile celebrity security.

When threats against a public figure lead to heightened protection, that protection becomes the everyday work of police personnel — officers who spend hours stationed outside residences, accompanying movements and maintaining vigilance while the celebrity remains the recognisable face of the security story.

Galaxy Apartments is especially symbolic because of what happened there in April 2024.

But Raite's death should not be sensationally folded into that history.

There is currently no evidence that the shooting case or subsequent threats caused his death.

The responsible story is simpler and more human: a police constable became critically unwell while carrying out his duty, colleagues rushed him for medical assistance, and he could not be saved.

Until the medical findings establish otherwise, that is where the factual boundary should remain.

Sources & Verification

This report was prepared by cross-checking contemporary reports carrying information attributed to Mumbai Police, including detailed reporting from The Free Press Journal and India Today. Historical context about the 2024 Galaxy Apartments firing was independently checked against PTI reporting on the Mumbai Police charge sheet and subsequent court reporting on the framing of charges in 2025. The precise cause of Ganesh Raite's death remains described as suspected because the initial police account said a post-mortem would establish it.