Baba Siddique death: Accused were doing recce of NCP leader for some time, says Mumbai Police; case registered
Siddique, a three-time MLA from Bandra West, had joined Ajit Pawar's NCP earlier in February this year after resigning from the Congress.
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has registered a case in connection to the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddiqui below relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Arms Act and Maharashtra Police Act. The case has been registered at Nirmal Nagar Police Station below Crime Registration No. 589/2024, Sections 103(1), 109, 125, and three(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3, 25, 5, and 27 of the Arms Act, and Section 37 and section 137 of the Maharashtra Police Act.
Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister and leader in Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Birthday party (NCP), was once shot near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra. He later succumbed to his bullet injuries at Lilavati Sanatorium late Saturday night. The police have also revealed the identities of two arrested accused and made some shocking revelations about their planning. Both accused have been identified as Gurmail Singh, a neighborhood of Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh.
In step with the police, the accused were in Mumbai for a extremely long time and were keeping a close eye on Siddiqui.
The police also mentioned that the accused had done recce of Baba Siddiqui’s house and office premises and were in Mumbai for one and a 0.5 to 2 months and were keeping a watch on him.
“The seek the 0.33 accused is on and a few teams of the Mumbai Crime Branch are investigating this case,” the police mentioned. Both accused are being questioned by senior officers from Mumbai Crime Branch.
As per the police, the accused were paid earlier for this work. “They had received arms delivery some days ago. The accused have been questioned by Mumbai Crime Branch officials for the last eight hours,” Mumbai Police said. Meanwhile, the NCP has cancelled all its programmes scheduled for this present day after the killing of Baba Siddique.
In a post on X, the NCP said, “Keeping in view the tragic death of our celebration colleague Baba Siddique, all celebration programs for thirteenth October, i.e. Sunday stand cancelled.” Mumbai Police on Sunday morning shifted the body of slain NCP leader Baba Siddique from Lilavati Sanatorium to Cooper Sanatorium, where doctors will conduct the post-mortem examination.
Siddique, a 3-time MLA from Bandra West, had joined Ajit Pawar’s NCP earlier in February this year after resigning from the Congress. He was once shot by unidentified assailants on Saturday evening. Calling the incident “extremely unfortunate,” CM Shinde told the media that two suspects have been arrested, with one still at large. In step with the doctors at the hospital, Baba Siddique sustained two gunshot wounds to his chest earlier than being dropped at Mumbai’s Lilavati Sanatorium for emergency treatment.
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