Accused In NCP Leader’s Murder Not A Minor, Co-Conspirator Arrested

Accused In NCP Leader’s Murder Not A Minor, Co-Conspirator Arrested


Baba Siddique was shot useless by three individuals in Mumbai on Saturday

Mumbai:

Three accused in politician Baba Siddique’s homicide at the moment are in police custody, together with a co-conspirator and one other whose declare of being a minor has been dominated out by a bone ossification take a look at.

Here are the highest 10 factors on probe into Baba Siddique’s homicide:

  1. Mumbai Police investigating the homicide case of veteran NCP chief Baba Siddique, who was shot useless close to his son’s workplace in Mumbai’s Bandra on Saturday, carried out an ossification take a look at of accused Dharmaraj Kashyap wherein it was proved that he’s not a minor. 
  2. Kashyap, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was produced earlier than the court docket the place his lawyer claimed that he was a minor.
  3. Baba Siddique, 66, was shot useless by three individuals at Kher Nagar in Mumbai’s Bandra space exterior his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique’s workplace on Saturday evening. He was cremated with full state honours in Mumbai on Sunday night.
  4. Among the three shooters, Gurmel Baljit Singh, 23, a resident of Haryana has additionally been arrested, whereas the third shooter, Shiv Kumar from Uttar Pradesh, remains to be on the run.
  5. According to sources, the suspects have claimed that they work for gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who’s lodged at Gujarat’s Sabarmati jail. 
  6. Bishnoi was additionally concerned within the capturing incident exterior the Mumbai residence of Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who is thought to have been a detailed buddy of Mr Siddique.
  7. The suspects had been monitoring Mr Siddique for months, conducting reconnaissance of his residence and workplace. The police revealed that the suspects had been paid Rs 50,000 every prematurely for the hit and that arms had been delivered to them solely days earlier than the assassination.
  8. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde mentioned the third accused will likely be arrested “quickly”. “Be it the Bishnoi gang or any underworld gang, we cannot spare anybody,” he advised reporters.
  9. On Sunday night, Mumbai Police’s crime department additionally arrested 28-year-old Pravin Lonkar, a “co-conspirator” within the case, from Pune. They mentioned they had been looking out for his brother, Shubham Lonkar. 
  10. The brothers had hatched the conspiracy of Mr Siddique’s homicide and enlisted Kashyap and Kumar Gautam within the plot.