Baba Siddique murder: Shooters claim Lawrence Bishnoi gang link, say sources

Mumbai: Both suspects arrested within the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique have claimed they belong to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, sources have said. This information has yet to be confirmed by the police. Sources indicate that the Mumbai Police are also exploring the that you're going to be in a position to keep in mind involvement of a gang within the incident. The investigation is ongoing, and authorities are working to collect more evidence and clarify the circumstances surrounding the case.

Baba Siddique, Sixty six, a prominent Muslim face from the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) became shot dead in Bandra on Saturday night near his son’s place of job.

He became a former three-time MLA from Bandra West and had switched to the NCP from Congress in February.

Siddique shared a detailed association with Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who has over and over faced threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and associates. On April 14, two shooters fired 5 rounds outside Salman Khan’s Galaxy Apartment in Bandra. Mumbai Police in a charge sheet said the jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi had links with shooters.

The shooting became carried out by three men. Two men — Gurmail Baljit Singh, 23, from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap, 19, from Uttar Pradesh – were arrested while the 0.33 fled. Both arrested suspects claimed at some point of interrogation that they'd been conducting a recce of the shooting spot in Bandra East for nearly a month, said sources.

The three accused arrived there in an auto rickshaw and waited for a long time earlier than firing.

Sources also said that the police were probing the case from two angles — one involving the Bishnoi gang and each other related to a slum rehabilitation case. Further important points and official confirmation were awaited. Sources also said that Siddique had never reported any threat from the Bishnoi gang.

Lawrence Bishnoi, who faces dozens of criminal cases, is currently lodged in a penitentiary in Gujarat. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday that the trial of the murder case will take place within the quick-track court and bump into specialist Daya Nayak will inspect the incident.

He as well said the Mumbai Police have been directed to accommodate law and order and that they should see that nobody takes law and order into their hands. “Gang war should now not revive. Strict action ought to be taken against those indulging in such incidents.”