Baba Siddique had one safety guard on the time of taking pictures.
New Delhi:
Per week after former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique’s homicide, the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police will document statements of his safety personnel once more, as a part of the investigation. Baba Siddique had ‘2+1′ safety which implies, two safety guards throughout the day and one at night time. Last week, on October 12, Mr Siddique was shot lifeless outdoors the workplace of his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique, in Bandra East.
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When Mr Siddique went to Bandra East, he had two safety guards tagging alongside. But earlier than he left his son’s workplace, round 8:30 pm, one of many two safety guards had left the situation. This means, Mr Siddique had just one safety guard with him who didn’t retaliate on the time of taking pictures, sources mentioned.
Mr Siddique, 66, was killed round 9:30 pm, underneath the quilt of a Dussehra procession and fireworks.
A reconstruction of the assassination explains that the three shooters and a co-conspirator had stationed themselves near Mr Siddique’s ready automobile. As he got here out of the workplace and tried to get contained in the automobile, the killers let off some gadget that coated the realm in thick smoke. Many thought it was the smoke from the firecrackers, which additionally masked the noise of gunshots.
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All three shooters had been carrying chili powder with them. As quickly as bullets had been fired, they threw chili powder on the police constable.
The third safety guard, who was with the late Mr Siddique, claimed that one thing like chili went into his eyes. Therefore, he could not do something in the intervening time, sources revealed.
Mumbai Police will now document the assertion of the three safety guards once more intimately.
The three shooters fired six rounds, hitting Mr Siddique on the chest and abdomen. One of his aides additionally sustained gunshot wounds.
The three killers concerned are Gurmail Baljit Singh, 23, a resident of Haryana, and 19-year-old Dharmaraj Kashyap and Shiv Kumar Gautam, also referred to as Shiva, each from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. While Gurmail and Dharmaraj have been arrested, the third shooter is on the run.
Mumbai Police’s crime department has additionally arrested 28-year-old Pravin Lonkar, a “co-conspirator” within the case, from Pune and Harishkumar Balakram Nisad, 23, from Uttar Pradesh.
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