The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has taken duty for the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique. The 66-year-old NCP chief was shot lifeless exterior the workplace of his son, Zeeshan Siddique, in Bandra East, Mumbai, late final night time. The shooters concerned within the assassination have been partially apprehended, with two arrested and one nonetheless on the run.
The assault occurred round 9:30 pm, when Siddique and an affiliate have been focused by gunmen who fired a number of rounds, fatally hitting the previous minister within the chest. Mumbai Police rapidly launched an investigation and managed to arrest two of the three suspects concerned within the capturing—Gurmail Baljit Singh (23) from Haryana and Dharamraj Kashyap (19) from Uttar Pradesh. The third suspect, recognized as Shiv Kumar Gautam, additionally from UP, continues to be at giant.
Gang’s Accountability and Investigation
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang took duty for the assault through a social media publish, which is now beneath investigation by central companies. The publish, reportedly tied to a Fb account linked to Shubham Rameshwar Lonkar, is being scrutinized.
Lonkar, an affiliate of the Bishnoi gang, had beforehand been arrested in Akola, Maharashtra, for possessing unlawful firearms. He admitted to speaking with Anmol Bishnoi, Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother, suggesting deeper involvement within the gang’s prison actions.
In keeping with media studies, each Dharamraj Kashyap and Shiv Kumar Gautam hail from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, and had no prior prison information of their hometown. In keeping with police studies, they’d been working as laborers in Pune earlier than being lured into the prison underworld. Their reference to the Bishnoi gang reportedly developed throughout their time in a Punjab jail, the place they might have been radicalized.
The shooters have been allegedly paid Rs 50,000 every prematurely to hold out the hit on Siddique. That they had been monitoring the politician for months, conducting reconnaissance on his dwelling and workplace, with firearms being provided solely days earlier than the assault.
Whereas two of the suspects have been apprehended and are in police custody, the third, Shiv Kumar Gautam, stays at giant. Mumbai Police have intensified efforts to trace him down. A fourth particular person, suspected to be the handler coordinating the assault, can also be being pursued by the authorities.
