Sources stated different celebrities have additionally been focused due to their ‘closeness’ with the actor.
New Delhi:
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has not solely claimed duty for the homicide of Baba Siddique but in addition threatened that anybody who helps actor Salman Khan, close to whose home it has already fired warning pictures, will likely be in its crosshairs.
Soon after Mr Siddique, a three-time MLA and former Maharashtra minister, was killed close to the workplace of his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique, in Bandra East on Saturday night time, hypothesis started swirling of a Bishnoi gang hyperlink to the daring crime. This was confirmed on Sunday after a submit on Facebook by one Shibu Lonkar, believed to be Bishnoi gang affiliate Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar, claiming duty.
In the submit, Lonkar claimed that Siddique had been killed as a result of he was linked to India’s most needed terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, was near Salman Khan and due to the demise of Anuj Thapan, one of many arrested suspects within the taking pictures exterior Mr Khan’s home, in police custody.
Thapan was discovered useless on May 1 contained in the Mumbai Crime Branch lock-up. The police had stated he died by suicide however his household had claimed he was tortured in custody.
“We should not have any enmity with anybody however whoever helps Salman Khan and the Dawood gang, preserve your accounts so as (‘hisab-kitaab kar lena’),” Lonkar wrote in Hindi within the Facebook submit. Police stated they’re verifying the authenticity of the submit.
Siddique was recognized for internet hosting lavish events and a five-year-long chilly struggle between Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan was resolved at his ‘iftar’ occasion in 2013.
Police sources stated no less than two celebrities have been attacked by the Bishnoi gang for his or her perceived closeness to Salman Khan since final 12 months. Mr Khan visited the hospital the place Siddique was admitted after he was shot on Saturday and likewise went to his residence on Sunday.
In November 2023, pictures had been fired on the home of Punjabi singer Gippy Grewal in Canada’s Vancouver and the Bishnoi gang had stated it had achieved so as a result of Mr Grewal had praised Mr Khan and handled him “like a brother”.
Mr Grewal had stated he had solely met the actor twice.
In September this 12 months, pictures had been fired close to the home of one other Punjabi singer, AP Dhillon, in Vancouver. Rohit Godara, a infamous member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had stated the taking pictures was the handiwork of the outfit. The firing occurred after Mr Dhillon launched a video of his music ‘Old Money’, which featured Salman Khan.
Why Salman Khan?
The Bishnoi gang, which grew to become a family identify after claiming duty for murdering musician Sidhu Moose Wala in 2022, has stated it needs to kill Salman Khan due to his alleged involvement in taking pictures blackbucks at Bawad in Mathania close to Jodhpur in September 1998, in the course of the filming of ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’.
The alleged act had upset the Bishnoi group, which considers the blackbuck holy.
Lawrence Bishnoi had stated throughout a court docket look in 2018: “We will kill Salman Khan in Jodhpur. Everyone will know as soon as we take motion. I’ve not achieved something as of now, they’re accusing me of crimes for no purpose.”
Heightened Security
Meanwhile, safety has been tightened round Salman Khan’s home – Galaxy Apartments in Bandra – exterior which a firing had taken place on April 14. Mr Khan had later advised the police that he believed that the taking pictures was achieved on the behest of the Bishnoi gang with the intention of killing him and his household.
A decent safety cordon has additionally been put in place in South Mumbai’s Malabar Hill, the place the residences of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar are situated. Siddique, who had been a part of the Congress for 48 years, had switched to Mr Pawar’s occasion earlier this 12 months.
Officials stated patrolling has been elevated within the Malabar Hill space and a few factors have additionally been blocked.