Baba Siddique was cremated with state honours
Mumbai:
Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot beneath the quilt of a Dussehra procession and fireworks. The 66-year-old was killed on Saturday night, round 9.30 pm, as he left his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s workplace in Mumbai’s Bandra East. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has taken duty for the capturing.
A reconstruction of the killing made it clear how the shooters took benefit of the confusion and noise through the procession.
The 4 killers had apparently stationed themselves near Siddique’s ready automotive. As he got here and tried to get inside, they let off some machine that coated the realm in thick smoke. Many thought it was the smoke from the firecrackers, which additionally masked the noise of gunshots.
Siddiqui was shot 4 occasions, on his chest and abdomen. Certainly one of his aides additionally sustained gunshot wounds.
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed duty for the homicide, for which that they had apparently put out a Rs 25 crore contract.
They’ve additionally warned that anybody who helps actor Salman Khan — close to whose home it has already fired warning pictures — can be targetted.
Siddique was identified for internet hosting lavish events and a five-year-long chilly conflict between Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan was resolved at his Iftaar social gathering in 2013.
Three individuals have been arrested for the homicide, two of them are the shooters and the third a conspirator, the officers of Mumbai police have mentioned.
Baba Siddiqui was killed by three shooters. Amongst them, Gurmel Singh is a resident of village Narad in Kaithal district in Haryana. The opposite two are residents of Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. Gurmel and the second shooter, who claims to be a minor, have been arrested. The third shooter, Shiv Kumar, is on the run.
The final man to be arrested is Praveen, 28, who was caught in Pune. He’s a conspirator and likewise the one who, in a Fb publish, issued a warning to those that helped actor Salman Khan, the police have mentioned.