Shiv Kumar Gautam, the principle accused and one of many three shooters within the Baba Siddique homicide case, was arrested at present from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. Sources mentioned he was making an attempt to flee to Nepal. Four others — Anurag Kashyap, Gyan Prakash Tripathi, Akash Srivastava and Akhileshendra Pratap Singh – have been arrested for giving shelter to Shivkumar and serving to him escape to Nepal.
Siddique, 66, was shot useless by three gunmen in Mumbai’s Bandra space on October 12 and earlier, 20 folks — together with the 2 different shooters — have been arrested within the case.
The man — on the run for the reason that homicide of the NCP chief and former Maharashtra minister final month – was caught in a joint operation of the Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai police from Nanpara space of Bahraich. Shiv Kumar, the police mentioned, is without doubt one of the three shooters and in addition the one that was in contact with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. All directions from the gang have been routed by means of him.
Police sources mentioned Shiv Kumar admitted throughout interrogation that he’s linked to the Lawrence BIshnoi gang. The homicide, he allegedly mentioned, was carried out on the directions of Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, who’s believed to be dwelling in Canada.
Anmol Bishnoi’s title has cropped up within the homicide of Punjabi singer-politician Sidhu Moosewala in 2022, and the firing exterior actor Salman Khan’s residence in Mumbai in April. He is on the most-wanted record of the National Investigation Agency and a Rs 10 lakh reward has been introduced for his arrest.
During his interrogation, Shiv Kumar apparently mentioned they have been in Mumbai for days conducting recce for Baba Siddique and on the night time of October 12, “When we obtained the precise time, we killed Baba Siddiqui”.
It being a day of competition, the street was crowded and two of the attackers obtained caught however Shiv Kumar managed to flee. “I threw out the telephone on the best way and went from Mumbai to Pune. From Pune, I reached Bahraich by way of Jhansi and Lucknow,” he was quoted as saying by sources.
“When I requested for a telephone from a passenger within the practice and talked to Anurag Kashyap, he mentioned Avindra, Gyan Prakash and Akash have made preparations for me to cover in Nepal. That is why I got here to Bahraich and was making an attempt to flee to Nepal together with my companions,” sources quoted him as saying.
After the homicide of Baba Siddiqui, Shiv Kumar needed to go to Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh, to satisfy some henchmen of gang. The Mumbai police had tracked him to Omkareshwar however didn’t catch him..
Baba Siddique was shot down apparently due to his shut relationship with Bollywood actor Salman Khan. Bishnoi’s associates have hinted that the grouse in opposition to Salman Khan is concerning the blackbucks he killed 20 years in the past. Blackbucks are sacred to the Bishnoi neighborhood.
Investigators mentioned Baba Siddique’s son, Mumbai MLA Zeeshan Siddique, can also be a goal for a similar purpose. His photograph has been discovered on a cellphone seized from one of many three males who shot his father.