Baba Siddique was shot by three males close to his MLA son Zeeshan’s workplace in Bandra.
Mumbai:
A photograph of Zeeshan Siddique was discovered within the cellphone of one of many males who shot his father, Baba Siddique, final Saturday. The cellphone recovered from one of many accused arrested through the investigation of the homicide case of the NCP chief had his photograph, police sources stated.
In response to the sources, the photograph was shared with the accused by their handler via Snapchat. The platform, investigators say, was utilized by the shooters and conspirators within the case to ship messages to one another.
These messages had been deleted on instruction from their handler, allegedly belonging to the gang of the infamous gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
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Siddique was shot by three males close to his MLA son’s workplace in Nirmal Nagar in Mumbai’s Bandra space on October 12. The Congress-turned-NCP chief was rushed to close by Lilavati Hospital the place he was declared useless. The police have arrested 9 individuals – together with two of the three shooters – within the case to date. 5 of them – Nitin Gautam Sapre (32), Sambhaji Kisan Pardhi (44), Pradeep Dattu Thombre (37), Chetan Dilip Pardhi and Ram Fulchand Kanoujia (43) -were arrested yesterday for allegedly offering firearms and logistical help to the shooters. Three accused are nonetheless on the run, police stated.
Kanoujia, a resident of Panvel in Raigad, advised police that the contract to kill Siddique was initially given to him and Sapre, sources stated. He quoted a whopping quantity of Rs 1 crore to take up the contract as, he stated, he did not wish to kill Siddique, the sources added. After Kanaujia and Sapre backed off, the duty was given to Dharmraj Kashyap, Gurnail Singh and Shivkumar Gautam, the sources stated. Kashyap and Singh had been arrested on the day of the crime whereas Gautam managed to flee.
The accused advised police that Shubham Lonkar – who was an alleged conspirator and the handler of the shooters within the case – selected Kashyap and Gautam for the job as a result of he knew the individuals of Uttar Pradesh wouldn’t learn about Baba Siddiqui’s stature in Maharashtra and that they’d comply with commit the homicide even for much less cash, in line with the police sources.
Constable With Baba Siddique Throughout Capturing Incident Suspended
When Baba Siddique was shot, he had just one police constable – part of his safety element – accompanying him who didn’t retaliate when six rounds had been fired on the senior politician. The safety personnel has been suspended.
The constable advised the investigators that he didn’t react on the time of the incident as some “chilli-like substance” had entered his eyes, the sources stated.
The three shooters and a co-conspirator had stationed themselves near Mr Siddique’s ready automotive, as per a reconstruction of the assassination. Because the 66-year-old got here out of the workplace and tried to get contained in the automotive, the killers let off some machine that lined the realm in thick smoke. Many thought it was the smoke from the firecrackers, which additionally masked the noise of gunshots.
Baba Siddique had a ‘2+1’ safety which implies, two safety guards through the day and one at night time. When he went to Bandra East on October 12, he had two safety guards with him. However earlier than he left his son’s workplace, round 8:30 pm, one of many two safety guards had left the situation.
Lawrence Bishnoi Gang Hyperlink?
The Mumbai Crime Department can be probing if the arrested accused had any hyperlink to the firing exterior actor Salman Khan’s Galaxy Flats residence in Mumbai’s Bandra space in April. Lawrence Bishnoi had taken duty for the crime.
A day after Siddique’s homicide, a Fb submit claimed the Bishnoi gang was behind it. Hours later, a 28-year-old man was arrested from Pune. The police stated the arrested man, Pravin Lonkar, was a “co-conspirator” and added that they had been looking out for his brother, Shubham Lonkar.
31-year-old Bishnoi is in jail since 2015 is accused of working a trans-national crime syndicate by the Nationwide Investigation Company. His title has been linked to a number of high-profile homicide and extortion instances together with the 2022 killing of widespread Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.