Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai’s Bandra on Saturday. The assailants shot the lawmaker outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddiqui’s office near Colgate ground in Nirmal Nagar, Bandra East.
Police have arrested two people in connection with the killing and have launched a probe taking into account different angles. Political blame game has begun over the murder with opposition parties blaming the Shiv Sena – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government in Maharashtra, questioning the law and order situation in the poll-bound state.
The Esplanade Court in Mumbai remanded accused Gurmail Singh to the custody of the Mumbai Crime Branch until October 21. Police custody for the second accused, Dharamraj Kashyap, was not granted and the court instructed an ossification test to be conducted on Kashyap before he is presented again.
Siddique (66), a former Congressman, was admitted at the Lilavati Hospital but succumbed to the injuries.
Here Is What We Know So Far Siddique Murder Case:
- Eknath Shinde, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, stated that following the murder of Baba Siddique, police acted quickly, arresting two of the killers at the scene and recovering the weapons used in the crime. He noted that one accused is still on the run, with authorities actively working to apprehend him. “Soon, we will find out who is behind this murder. The government will find them and strictly punish them,” Shinde added.
- The three accused identified in the Baba Siddique murder case are Gurmail Singh, Dharamraj Kashyap and Shiv Kumar alias Shiva Gautam.
- Kashyap and Gautam are residents of Gandara village in Bahraich.
- Haryana-resident Gurmail Baljit Singh, has a prior criminal history, including a murder case against him.
- Mumbai Police in a press conference held Sunday said that the killers came with red chilli spray but it was Shiv Kumar alias Shiva Gautam who fired his gun.
- The Mumbai Police officials during the presser also said they are probing if gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his gang was involved in the murder.
- The pistol used to shoot the former Maharashtra minister was sent to the accused through a prepaid courier service, sources told News18.
- The sources speaking to News18 revealed that the attack, originally planned for Ganeshotsav, was delayed despite earlier attempts on Siddique’s life.
- Mumbai police are probing the killing of Baba Siddique from different angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry or threat over a slum rehabilitation project, news agency PTI said in a report.
- Mumbai police sources disclosed that the accused had been staying in a rented room in Kurla since September 2, paying Rs 14,000 per month.
- Each was paid Rs 50,000 for the contract killing. It was also revealed that the three accused had met while serving time in a Punjab jail.
- Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday expressed “deep shock” over the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique and alleged that the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra has utterly failed to maintain law and order.
- “Baba Siddique was a great human being. We are all saddened by his murder. Two of those involved in his murder have been caught and a probe is on to find out those who were behind this,” BJP national spokesperson and former Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said. Maharashtra Police will not spare anyone involved in Siddique’s murder, he asserted. Leaders of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress are making “extremely petty statements” on the incident, he said.
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