Baba Siddique Homicide: Within the newest updates pertaining to the homicide of Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) chief and former minister Baba Siddique, a court docket in Mumbai on Sunday remanded one of many two prime accused within the case to police custody until October 21.
The opposite accused concerned within the case has been despatched for a medical take a look at to find out his age standing. Whereas Gurnail Singh has been given police custody for per week, the opposite accused, who’s reportedly a minor, has been despatched for an ossification take a look at to find out his true age, a lawyer helping the court docket mentioned.
The 2 have been charged with capturing the previous Maharashtra Minister close to his Congress MLA son Zeeshan Siddique’s workplace in Nirmal Nagar, Bandra, on Saturday night. They had been introduced on the Esplanade Courtroom on Sunday afternoon.
A Mumbai Police official mentioned that they’re questioning the 2 arrested accused, whereas 15 police groups are looking out for the third accused, and they’re collaborating with the police in different states.
The police have recovered 28 reside bullets from the accused plus two mobiles, and additional investigations are underway into the conspiracy behind Siddique’s suspected contract killing by the trio who got here right here from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on September 2.
He mentioned that the Mumbai Police managed to nab two of the three assailants shortly after they shot Siddique, whereas the third one, recognized as Shiva Kumar, managed to flee.
In the meantime, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed duty for Siddique’s homicide. It’s the similar gang that focused Bollywood actor Salman Khan and threatened his father Salim Khan on a number of events throughout the previous 12 months.
In response to an official, the police are probing a number of angles, together with who approved the killing, the worldwide tentacles to the crime, the precise motives behind the deadly assault on Siddique, how the shooters acquired the weapons, the money, and the getaway car, with 28 reside cartridges discovered, whether or not there have been different potential targets, and different issues.
(With IANS Inputs)
